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METROPOLITAN STATE COLLEGE of DENVER BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

8:30am – 12:00pm Tivoli Student Union Room 320

Auraria Campus

AGENDA

I. CALL TO ORDER II. EXECUTIVE SESSION

a. The Board may convene into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing personnel matters in accordance with 24-6-402(3)(b)(I), C.R.S. or to possibly confer with the Board’s attorney to receive specific advice on legal questions in accordance with 24-6-402(3)(a)(II), C.R.S.

III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

a. Approval of September 3, 2008 Board Meeting Minutes

IV. REPORTS (Optional)

a. Chair's Report - Chair Adele Phelan b. AHEC Board – Trustee Maria Garcia Berry c. President – Dr. Stephen Jordan d. Legislative Report – Capstone Group, LLC e. Student Government – Student Government Assembly President Andrew

Bateman f. Finance Committee – Trustee Ellen Robinson g. Academic and Student Affairs Committee – Chair Antonio Esquibel h. Public-Private Partnerships – Trustee Dawn Bookhardt i. Foundation Report - Trustee Rob Cohen j. Faculty Senate – Professor Lynn Kaersvang, President k. Council of Chairs – Mr. Greg Watts l. Alumni – Alumni Representative Gerie Grimes

V. ACTION ITEMS

The following item(s) are presented by the Office of Academic Affairs:

a. Update to the Temporary Authorization of Revised “Appendix A” in Metropolitan State College of Denver’s Handbook for Professional Personnel (Planning Theme One, Two, Three, Four)

The following item is presented by the Office of the President:

b. Board Approval for Seeking Legislative Authorization to Offer Graduate Degree Programs (Planning Theme Two)

Metro State Board of Trustees November 5, 2008 1

Planning Themes are indicated parenthetically, following each agenda item; they are as follows: One – Prepare students for success in their education, career, and life. Two – Provide a high-quality educational experience. Three – Engage, collaborate, and work with the community. Four – Embrace and promote diversity.

The following item(s) are presented by the Office of Administration and Finance:

c. Fiscal Year 2008 MSCD Year End Report d. Fiscal Year 2009 MSCD Operating Budget Update

VI. PRESENTATIONS

The following item(s) are presented by AMD:

a. Metro Neighborhood Master Plan and Building One Program Plan (Planning Theme One, Two, Three, and Four)

VII. CONSENT ITEMS

The following item is presented by the Office of Human Resources:

a. Personnel Items (Planning Theme Two, Three, Four) The following item is presented by the Office of Academic Affairs:

b. Updated Academic Program Review Schedule (Planning Theme Two; also One, Three, and Four)

c. Proposal for a New Study Abroad Course – Cinema of India (Planning Theme Two)

d. Institutional and Program Responses to the 2006-07 Academic Program Review Questions and Recommendations (Planning Theme Two; also One, Three, and Four)

e. Academic Program Review Report for AY 2007-08 (Planning Theme Two; also One, Three, and Four)


f. Approval of the IRS Required Updates to the Four State Colleges in Colorado Section 403(b) Tax-Sheltered Annuity Retirement Plan Document (Planning Theme Two)

VIII. INFORMATION ITEMS (Requires no approval by the Board of Trustees)

The following item(s) are presented by the Office of Human Resources:

a. Personnel Items The following item(s) are presented by the Office of the President:

b. President’s Written Report to the Board

IX. PUBLIC COMMENT

X. REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

XI. ADJOURNMENT


AGENDA ITEM: EXECUTIVE SESSION BACKGROUND:

The Board may convene into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing personnel matters in accordance with 24-6-402(3)(b)(I), C.R.S. or to possibly confer with the Board’s attorney to receive specific advice on legal questions in accordance with 24-6-402(3)(a)(II), C.R.S.


METROPOLITAN STATE COLLEGE of DENVER BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Tivoli Student Union Room 320

Auraria Campus

MINUTES

I. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order immediately following Metro State’s Welcome Back Ceremony which began at 7:30 am in the King Center. Trustees Present: Trustee Phelan, Trustee Garcia Berry, Trustee Harris, Trustee Cohen, Trustee Lucero, Trustee Esquibel, Trustee Robinson, Faculty Trustee Gene Saxe, Student Trustee Jacy Pickens, Trustee Bookhardt, Trustee Martinez.

Metro State Personnel Present: Stephen Jordan, President; Lee Combs, General Counsel; Carl Powell, Vice President for Information Technology; Kathy MacKay, Vice President for Student Services; Linda Curran, Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs; Natalie Lutes, Vice President for Administration and Finance; Cathy Lucas, Associate Vice President for Communications; Sandra Haynes, Dean, School of Professional Studies; Kathy Heyl, Assistant Dean, School of Professional Studies; Joan L. Foster, Dean, School of Letters, Arts and Sciences; John Cochran, Dean, School of Business; Lynn Kaersvang, Faculty Senate President; TJ Leonardo, Executive Assistant to the President; and others.

II. EXECUTIVE SESSION a. The Board convened into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing personnel matters in accordance with 24-6-402(3)(b)(I), C.R.S. or to possibly confer with the Board’s attorney to receive specific advice on legal questions in accordance with 24-6-402(3)(a)(II), C.R.S.

III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

a. The minutes of May 7, 2008 and June 4, 2008 were approved with adjustments to the

attendee list for the June 4th meeting.

IV. REPORTS (Optional)

a. Chair's Report - Chair Adele Phelan reported that the Board Retreat will be held on September 11th and 12th in Colorado Springs. The Christo and Jean Claude event will be at the CVA on September 18th. She encouraged the


trustees to support the event and attend the lecture and reception. If trustees have not done so already, they should respond to the Board Effectiveness Questionnaire that the retreat facilitator, Rich Novak sent out.

b. AHEC Board – Trustee Maria Garcia Berry No Report.

c. President – Dr. Stephen Jordan reported that we have looked at the CHEIBA Insurance Program supporting domestic benefits to be granted to Metro State employees and have made a decision to provide those benefits to domestic employees. The Attorney General is currently working with the medical, dental, vision, and life vendors to revise all of the contracts, and those benefits will be effective January 1, 2009. Also, The Amethyst Initiative is an organization made up of U.S. college presidents and chancellors that launched a movement calling for the reconsideration of U.S. drinking age laws. What they are doing is asking for support to simply open up a dialogue on this conversation. If there are no objections, President Jordan would like to sign on in support of this initiative to have a conversation about alcohol.

d. Legislative Report – Capstone Group, LLC: The following ballot items will be discussed and possibly moved to an Action Item for Board support:

i. Amendment 46: Board unanimously voted to oppose Amendment.

ii. Amendment 50: Board unanimously voted in favor of Amendment.

iii. Initiative 82: Board unanimously voted in favor of Initiative.

iv. Initiative 113: Board unanimously voted in favor of Initiative.

v. Initiative 126: Board unanimously voted in favor of Initiative.

e. Student Government – Student Government Assembly President Andrew

Bateman reported that the student government is primarily focusing on the costs for students. There will be a special election to fill some of the vacant senate seats from September 22nd to 26th, and once that is finished, they will have a full slate of elected officers.

f. Finance Committee – Trustee Mark Martinez No Report.

g. Academic and Student Affairs Committee – Chair Adele Phelan No Report.

h. Public-Private Partnerships – Trustee Ellen Robinson No Report.

i. Foundation Report - Trustee Ellen Robinson: Report given by Vice President Carrie Besnette. Metro State had to return a rather large grant from the Rockies Organization in the amount of $100,000. The grant was given to the college two years ago to build the softball field. Because of where Metro State is in its master planning and its inability to move and to determine the permanent location for the softball fields, Metro State didn't feel that it was prudent or responsible to


spend the money. In the interim, Metro State is working with Hazelton Construction, and with Trustee Cohen's help as well, to see if they will design the softball field dugouts at the present temporary field. Metro State needs these to comply with Title 9 before the field is moved. Additionally, Metro State has six new board members coming on the Foundation Board. Biographies will be sent electronically.

j. Faculty Senate – Professor Lynn Kaersvang, President reported that the

college-wide evaluation standards and Pay for Performance are going through the Faculty Senate two weeks from today.

k. Council of Chairs – Mr. Greg Watts No Report.

l. Alumni – Alumni Representative Gerie Grimes reported that the annual meeting is coming up at which the election of new officers, as well as new board members, will take place.

II. DISCUSSION ITEMS

The following item(s) are presented by the Office of Academic Affairs a. Discussion: Update on Pay-for-Performance Plan Progress

Vice President Linda Curran reported that the departments have already moved their existing standards to the three categories instead of letter grades: Needs Improvement, Meets Standards, and Exceeds Standards. The board requested and required that a faculty member must meet standards in all four evaluation areas to be considered for a Pay for Performance award in any of those evaluation areas.


b. FY2009-10 Budget Priorities c. Update on Metro State Master plan: Chris Geddes, studioINSITE

Chris Geddes reported that the program plan document will be submitted to the Colorado Department of Education and the final Master Plan document will be submitted to the Board. Both will be presented at the November board meeting.

III. ACTION ITEMS

The following item(s) are presented by the Office of Academic Affairs:

a. Modification of Deadlines in Metro State’s Handbook for Professional Personnel

i. This item was approved. The motion passed unanimously. The following item is presented by the Board of Trustees:

b. Election of Officers i. Election of Chair: Motion passed unanimously to re-elect Trustee

Phelan ii. Election of Vice Chair: Motion passed unanimously to re-elect Trustee

Cohen


IV. CONSENT ITEMS

The following item is presented by the Office of Human Resources:

a. Personnel Items

V. INFORMATION ITEMS (Requires no approval by the Board of Trustees) The following item(s) are presented by the Office of Human Resources:

a. Personnel Items i. This item was approved. The motion passed unanimously.

The following item(s) are presented by the Office of the President:

b. President’s Written Report to the Board

VI. PUBLIC COMMENT a. N/A

VII. REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

a. N/A

VIII. ADJOURNMENT a. The meeting adjourned at 12:16pm.


AGENDA ITEM: Update to the Temporary Authorization of Revised “Appendix A” in Metropolitan State College of Denver’s Handbook for Professional Personnel

BACKGROUND: Section IV of Metropolitan State College of Denver’s Handbook for Professional Personnel, entitled Recruitment and Appointment Policies and Procedures, has been under serious discussion for at least the past 18 months, and much of the work accomplished during the past year has been at the direction of the Trustees. Those efforts have resulted in a proposal for various amendments to Section IV. In particular, the use of the current Appendix A to Section IV for initial hires was cumbersome, ambiguous, and unnecessarily restrictive in the way that fields or disciplines for new hires are specified.

The Academic and Student Affairs Subcommittee of the Board of Trustees was briefed on the proposed (revised) Appendix A at the Subcommittee’s regular March 2008 meeting. The Appendix A update was presented as an information item, because the College’s Handbook Committee had not yet seen the final revisions to the Appendix. The BOT Subcommittee indicated it was satisfied with the progress to date, and the philosophy employed to carry out revisions, and recommended that the proposed revisions be forwarded to the Handbook Committee for consideration and the Committee’s recommendation.

The Board of Trustees approved a staff request for temporary authorization of a revised Appendix A at a Special Board Meeting noticed prior to, and convened near the end of, their September 2008 Board Retreat. From legal and Equal Opportunity perspectives, the changes contained in the revised Appendix A clear up the ambiguity in a legally responsible way that gives academic departments the flexibility to generate diverse pools of qualified faculty. This action for temporary authorization was necessary because of a timing issue with respect to the hiring process currently underway for new faculty lines and for creating hiring pools for hiring affiliate faculty beginning Spring 2009, and the Board meeting schedule for AY 2008-09.

During the discussion of the Appendix A agenda item during the Special Board Meeting, the Board was also presented with a proposed change in the use of “ABD” in job postings for faculty positions, to mean “All But Defense” instead of “All But Dissertation.” The Board approved moving forward with the temporary authorization, including the alternate ABD usage within the revised Appendix A, with a sunset date of May 2009.

ISSUE: Metro State is in the midst of a period of transition, as the institution moves toward preeminence and considers the possibility of offering graduate programs. The rationale for requiring “All But Defense” in job postings acknowledges the challenge of completing a dissertation while teaching Metro State’s customary academic year 4-4 course load.

However, upon further consideration, the use of ABD to indicate “All But Defense” has proven to be impractical in the job market. Most candidates for tenure-track positions apply for those positions during the fall term prior to the academic year in which they hope to secure a position. They are virtually always in the final stages of completing their dissertations, but the fact remains that the dissertation is not complete at the time of the application. This stipulation has


the unintended consequence of preventing application by candidates who may in fact have the doctorate in hand at the time that they would be expected to sign a contract if they were successful in their bid for a tenure-track position at Metro State.

Accordingly, the proposal before the Board at this time is to revert, in Appendix A and in job postings, to the commonly-accepted usage of ABD to indicate All But Dissertation, and where necessary, to address the issue and timing of terminal degree completion for successful candidates in the wording of the employment contract. Several errors and omissions elsewhere in Appendix A have also been addressed in the attached updated document.

RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Board of Trustees approve using the updated revised Appendix A in their temporary authorization for searches initiated during the Fall 2008 semester, with a sunset date of May 2009.


Attachment A

APPENDIX A Minimum Degree Level and College Teaching Requirements for Rank

Upon Appointment (Used for Initial Hiring Only)

NOTE: This Appendix identifies only the minimum degree level required for hiring at rank, in the absence of truly exceptional circumstances, as determined at the Provost's discretion pursuant to written criteria, and considering accreditation standards for a particular program and the institution. Subject to final approval by the Vice President for Academic Affairs, each academic department will identify in writing the fields of academic study related to the curriculum currently delivered by the department. This departmental document, which must be in place before any position can be authorized or searched, will be used to establish in advance, before a search is initiated, what fields of study will qualify as "related" for purposes of the position. The written list of related fields for each department may be revised any time before a position is authorized. However, it must be reviewed by the department at the beginning of each academic year.

RANK MINIMUM FULL-TIME COLLEGE TEACHING EXPERIENCE OR

TIME IN RANK Instructor No Minimum

Assistant Professor No Minimum Associate Professor Currently holds rank as an Associate Professor

at a regionally-accredited baccalaureate-granting institution of higher education

Professor Currently holds rank as a Full Professor at a regionally-accredited baccalaureate-granting

institution of higher education

Keys to abbreviations used in Education (minimum degree level) and Experience Chart

Education B – Bachelor's Degree M – Master's Degree MFA – Master of Fine Arts MSW – Master of Social Work ABD – All But Dissertation D – Doctoral Degree JD – Juris Doctorate Experience ‘+ Stand-alone number’ – years of relevant professional or industry work experience


FIELD INSTRUCTOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

PROFESSOR

Accounting M M + 5 D; or JD and M D; or JD and M

Aerospace Science B + 3 + F AA Certification

M + 4 + FAA Certification



African American Studies M D D D Anthropology M D D D

Art (New Media) B + 3 M (Art) + 6 or MFA M (Art) + 6 or MFA M (Art) + 6 or MFA

Art Education MA + 3; or MFA + 3 MFA + 3; or D + 3 MFA + 6; or D + 6 MFA + 10; or D + 10

Art History M D D D

Art Studio M MFA MFA MFA Biology M D D D Chemistry M D D D

Chicano Studies M D D D Communications (Speech, Language, Hearing Sciences)

M D D D

Computer Information Systems

M ABD D D

Computer Science M D D D Criminal Justice and Criminology

M + 3 M + 6; or JD + 4; or D + 4

M + 6; or JD + 4; or D + 4

M + 6; or JD + 4; or D + 4

Earth Sciences (Geology and Geography)

M D D D

Economics M ABD D D

Engineering Technology M M + 4; or D M + 4; or D M + 4; or D

English (all fields except Creative Writing)

M D D D

English (Creative Writing) M (English or Dramatic Arts)

MFA or D MFA or D MFA or D

Finance M ABD D D

Health Care Management

M ABD D D


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FIELD INSTRUCTOR ASSISTANT

PROFESSOR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

PROFESSOR

Health Education Services (Integrated Therapeutic Practices)

M M + 4; or ABD M + 4; or D M + 4; or D

History M D D D Hospitality, Tourism and Events

B + 3 M + 6 M + 6 M + 6

Human Performance & Sport (Adult Fitness and Exercise Science)

M ABD D D

Human Performance & Sport (Athletic Training)

M + NATA BOC Certification

M + NATA BOC Certification + 5; or

D + NATA BOC Certification

M + NATA BOC Certification + 5; or D

+ NATA BOC Certification

M + NATA BOC Certification + 5; or

D + NATA BOC Certification

Human Performance & Sport (K-12 Physical Education)

M ABD D D

Human Performance & Sport (Sport Industry Operations)

M ABD D D

Human Services (General, Mental Health, Domestic Violence, and High Risk Youth)

M ABD D D

Human Services (Nonprofit Organization Administration)

M M M M

Human Services (Addictions Studies)

M D; or M + NAADAC + CACIII

D; or M + NAADAC + CACIII

D; or M + NAADAC + CACIII

Industrial Design B + 2 M + 4 M + 4 M + 4

Journalism B + 6 M + 6 M + 6 M + 6

Legal Studies (Management)

JD and passed bar exam

JD and passed bar exam, or ABD

JD and passed bar exam, or D

JD and passed bar exam, or D

Management M ABD D

D

Marketing M ABD D D

Mathematical Sciences M D D D Meteorology M D D D Modern Languages M D D D


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FIELD INSTRUCTOR ASSISTANT

PROFESSOR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

PROFESSOR

Music (artist performers, conductors and composers)

M; or B + significant local recognition

ABD; or M + significant local

recognition

D; or M + significant regional

recognition

D; or M + significant national

recognition

Music (except artist performers, conductors and composers)

M ABD D D

Nursing M + RN M + RN + 6; or M + RN + 4 + current

professional certification; or D +

RN

M + RN + 6; or M + RN + 4 + current professional

certification; or D + RN

M + RN + 6; or M + RN + 4 + current

professional certification; or D + RN

Nutrition M ABD D D

Philosophy M ABD D D

Physics M D D D

Political Science M D D D

Psychology M or enrolled in a doctoral program

D D D

Radio /TV B + 5 M + 5 M + 5 M + 5 Reading M ABD D D Recreation Professions M ABD D D Social Work field coordinator

MSW + 2 MSW + 6 MSW + 6 MSW + 6

Social Work (except field coordinators)

MSW MSW + ABD MSW + D MSW + D

Sociology M D D D

Speech M D D D Teacher Education M ABD D D

Technical Communications

B + 8 M + 6; or D M + 6; or D M + 6; or D

Theatre (relevant work experience must be professional)

M MFA + 3;or M + 4; or D + 2

MFA + 4; or M + 5; or D + 3

MFA + 5; or M + 6; or D + 4

Women's Studies M D D D


AGENDA ITEM: Board Approval for Seeking Legislative Authorization to Offer Graduate Degree Programs (Planning Theme Two)

ISSUE: The President requests authority to seek state legislation allowing Metropolitan State College of Denver to offer graduate programs at the master’s level.

BACKGROUND: According to the authorizing statute for Metro State, CRS 23-54-101,

There is hereby established a college at Denver, to be known as Metropolitan State College of Denver, which shall be a comprehensive baccalaureate institution with modified open admission standards; except that nontraditional students who are at least twenty years of age shall only have as an admission requirement a high school diploma, a GED high school equivalency certificate, or the equivalent thereof. Metropolitan State College of Denver shall offer a variety of liberal arts and science, technical, and educational programs. The college may offer a limited number of professional programs. Metropolitan State College of Denver shall not offer graduate programs.

INFORMATION: The College would like to amend the legislation allowing Metropolitan State College of Denver to offer master’s level programs, but not programs at the doctoral level. Every other public baccalaureate institution in Colorado has statutory authority to offer graduate programs. In fact, Metro State is the only baccalaureate-only institution in the country with a headcount over 10,000 students (see attachment 1). The proposed change to the original charter for Metropolitan State College would not be inconsistent with the current role and mission of the College, but rather an enhancement of the current mission:

Metropolitan State College of Denver is a comprehensive, baccalaureate degree-granting, urban college that offers arts and science, professional and business courses and programs to a diverse student population. Excellence in teaching and learning is Metropolitan State College of Denver's primary objective.

The mission of Metropolitan State College of Denver is to provide a high-quality, accessible, enriching education that prepares students for successful careers, postgraduate education and lifelong learning in a multicultural, global and technological society. The College fulfills its mission by working in partnership with the community at large and by fostering an atmosphere of scholarly inquiry, creative activity and mutual respect within a diverse campus community.

In particular, the mission emphasizes the institution’s importance in providing access. The development of master’s degrees would provide the students we serve with additional access to affordable education. The option for low-cost graduate study will promote participation in graduate study, particularly for first-generation college students and students from underrepresented groups, and especially for those who already attend Metro State.

The College’s Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) Task Force determined that successful HSI colleges have graduate programs (see attachment 2). The existence of graduate education will attract more faculty of color, and will increase participation in graduate education from students of color.

Proposals for master’s level degree programs will be brought forward only when sufficient resources are available, and only when associated undergraduate programs will not be adversely affected by the addition of graduate programs. Existing upper-division courses will provide much of the coursework


used for graduate degree programs, although some new courses would be needed. The experience of upper-division students would be enhanced by their interaction with graduate students, in much the same way that the interaction of traditional and non-traditional students enhances the classroom experience. In some cases, advanced senior undergraduates would have the opportunity to take graduate-level courses, thereby enhancing the undergraduate experience.

The primary emphasis on teaching and learning at the undergraduate level will not be compromised. The college does not plan to use graduate teaching assistants as supplemental instructors. Graduate programs will be added to the extent that maintaining small class sizes and increasing the number of tenure-track faculty teaching undergraduate courses is not compromised.

The college aspires to serve the metropolitan area consistent with the models provided by the California State University urban institutions. All of the peer institutions for our college selected by the Commission on Higher Education are comprehensive master’s granting universities (See attachment 3). Under the Carnegie Classification System, the college would remain classified as a Baccalaureate College until it awarded more than 50 master’s degrees in a single year. After achieving that milestone, the Carnegie Classification would be as a Master’s College or University.

The existing tenure-track faculty includes many doctoral level experts who are fully prepared to teach at the graduate level; in fact many have such experience already. The addition of selected graduate programs would enhance research opportunities for faculty, and contribute to the recruitment and retention of excellent faculty.

In the case that legislation were considered and passed in the 2009 legislative session, a limited number of graduate programs may be considered during 2009-10, with programs starting no earlier than Fall 2010. Once the first graduate programs were approved by the Board and sanctioned by the Department of Higher Education, a focused site visit would be arranged with the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) to consider a change in accreditation status. Such a visit could be coordinated with a request to offer distance education programs without prior HLC approval.

RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the Board of Trustees authorize President Jordan to pursue options for modifying statutory language to allow the College to offer master’s degree programs. The Student Government Assembly supports such action (see attachment 4). Faculty appear to be strongly supportive, but as this went to press, no formal action has been taken by Faculty Senate.


METROPOLITAN STATE COLLEGE of DENVERInstitution Comparisons

College!Name City State Carnegie!Classification Enrollment FTES!@%!25!and!Over

%!Under!24

%!Full!Time

Retention!%'s

Graduation!Rate

%!Students!of!Color

Metropolitan!State!College!of!Denver Denver ColoradoBaccalaureate!College!"!Arts!&!Sciences 21,425!!!!!!!! 14,664.6!!! 41% 59% 59.9% 68% 23% 23%

Brigham!Young!University!"!Idaho Rexburg IdahoBaccalaureate/!Associate's!College 13,824!!!!!!!! 11,791.0!!! 14% 86% 85% 73% 68% 6%

CUNY!New!York!City!College!of!Technology Brooklyn New!York

Baccalaureate/!Associate's!College 13,502!!!!!!!! 30% 70% 57.4% 75% 13% 79%

College!of!Southern!Nevada Las!Vegas Nevada Primarily!Associate's 37,758!!!!!! 19,713.4!! 50% 50% 22.8% 10% 43%Daytona!Beach!Community!College Daytona!Beach Florida Associate's 13,675!!!!!! 41% 59% 42% 57% 26% 24%Edison!College Fort!Myers Florida Associate's 11,369!!!!!! 7,194.0!!!! 34% 66% 34.6% 61% 23% 28%Miami!Dade!College Miami Florida Primarily!Associate's 54,094!!!!!! 18,125.1!! 37% 63% 37.6% 66% 26% 86%South!Texas!College McAllen Texas Associate's 19,827!!!!!! 27% 73% 35.4% 57% 15% 95%St.!Petersburg!College North!Clearwater Florida Primarily!Associate's 25,450!!!!!! 47% 53% 32.1% 66% 29% 20%

The!Art!Institute!of!Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Special!Focus!Institution 10,975!!!!!!!! 58% 42% 28.8% 79% 34% *3%Vincennes!University Vincennes Indiana Associate's 10,750!!!!!! 28% 72% 47.3% 24% 10%

Utah!Valley!State!College Orem UtahBaccalaureate/!Associate's!College 23,840!!!!!!!! 16,135.0!!! 33% 67% 50.3% 49% 20% 9%

*77%!of!students!fall!into!the!race/ethnicity!unknown!category.Note:!Colleges!were!selected!from!http://collegenavigator.ed.gov!with!the!criteria: 1.!Bachelor!degrees!awarded

2.!Enrollment!>!10,000!students3.!4!year!institution

Source:!!College!Navigator!for!all!but!the!FTES.!!FTES!were!gathered!from!the!institution!website.

NOTES:1.!Out!of!248!four"year!institutions!with!headcount!greater!than!10,000!students!and!offering!Bachelors!degrees,!Metro!State!is!the!only!"Baccalaureate!Only"!institution.2.!A!total!of!11!four"year!institutions!offer!a!bachelors!as!the!highest!degree.3.!The!two!four"year!institutions!highlighted!in!blue!above!are!the!most!similar!to!Metro!State,!but!offer!Associates!degrees4.!As!of!July!2008!Utah!Valley!State!College!began!offering!graduate!level!programs.

Fall!2007!Information

D:\Documents!and!Settings\humeyump\Local!Settings\Temporary!Internet!Files\Content.Outlook\IVLCR6T2\!attachment1.xlsxAdministration!and!Finance:!OIR

Prepared:!10/10/08

Metro State Board of Trustees November 5, 2008 16Attachment 1.


Attachment 4.

AGENDA ITEM: FISCAL YEAR 2008 MSCD YEAR END REPORT BACKGROUND: Following are reports on the final actual revenues and expenses against final approved budgets for FY2008 and the initial FY2009 budgets for both state appropriated and auxiliary funds. State Appropriated: An adjustment was made by the state between stipend and fee-for-service revenues to keep our appropriated revenues unchanged from the Long Bill. Our Other Than Tuition revenue was higher than our budget mainly due to a change in the reporting of tuition forfeiture. Our overall expenses exceeded our revenues by $2.5 million for the year, resulting in a fund balance of $8,313,785. Auxiliary: Overall Auxiliary actual revenues and expenses came in very close to budget. There were some planned expenses that were pushed to the new fiscal year in some areas. Revenues exceeded expenses by $870,000, making the Auxiliary fund balance $9,043,096.


Metropolitan State College of DenverFY2008 Actual and Budget & FY2009 Initial BudgetState Appropriated Funds

March Board FY2008 FY2008 7/1/2008FY2008 FY2008 Actual to Actual to FY2009Budget Actual Budget $ Chg Budget % Chg w/Fund Balance

1 Operating Revenues2 Tuition 47,567,973 47,865,187 297,214 0.6% 52,322,0553 Stipend 41,309,728 40,888,137 (421,591) -1.0% 43,917,1204 Fee For Service 3,335,182 3,756,773 421,591 12.6% 5,727,2925 Net Tuition 92,212,883 92,510,097 297,214 0.3% 101,966,4676

7 Other Than Tuition (OTT) Revenue 3,393,219 4,102,158 708,939 20.9% 3,393,2198 Indirect Cost Recoveries 412,748 362,687 (50,061) -12.1% 412,7489 Prior Year Rollforward

10

11 Subtotal 3,805,967 4,464,845 658,877 17.3% 3,805,96712

13 Total Revenue 96,018,850 96,974,942 956,092 1.0% 105,772,43414

15 Operating Expenses16 Instruction 57,858,876 55,194,412 (2,664,463) -4.6% 62,467,19217 Public Service18 Academic Support 11,874,795 10,825,834 (1,048,961) -8.8% 11,428,23519 Student Services 11,412,855 9,884,905 (1,527,950) -13.4% 13,829,73620 Institutional Support 13,769,267 13,845,543 76,276 0.6% 17,171,48321 Operation of Plant 7,584,737 6,239,138 (1,345,599) -17.7% 6,741,56022 Scholarship & fellowship 2,446,273 1,972,316 (473,957) -19.4% 2,448,01323 Mandatory & Non-Mandatory Transfers 1,570,818 1,570,81824 Other Operating Expenses25 Total Operating Expenditures 104,946,802 99,532,967 (5,413,835) -5.2% 114,086,21926

27 Revenue Less Expenditures (8,927,952) (2,558,025) 6,369,927 -4.2% (8,313,785)28

29 Prior Year Fund Balance 10,871,810 8,313,78530

31 Available fund Balance 0 10,871,810 0 0 8,313,78532

33 Total Budget Available 8,313,785 6,369,927 -4.2% 034

35 Scholarship Allowance (21,443,848) (22,000,000)

Administration and Finance, 10/10/08


MayRevised InitialBudget YE Actuals Budget 2008 2008 $ % 2009

REVENUEStudent Affairs 2,939,781 2,956,927 17,146 0.58% 3,164,802

Athletics 1,267,211 1,284,859 17,648 1.39% 1,270,727

Extended Campus 3,022,691 3,056,674 33,983 1.12% 3,220,355

Health Center, Access, & 4,359,622 4,269,695 (89,927) -2.06% 4,416,295Counseling

Information Technology 2,858,782 2,852,283 (6,499) -0.23% 2,909,578

Internet Fee 1,534,758 1,515,049 (19,709) -1.28% 1,537,842

Admin Recharge 2,359,311 2,432,560 73,249 3.10% 2,481,211

Accelerated Nursing 638,451 539,284 (99,167) -15.53% 713,754

Other 1,714,200 1,782,537 68,337 3.99% 1,745,937

Total 20,694,807 20,689,868 (4,939) -0.03% 21,460,501

EXPENSEStudent Affairs 2,786,049 2,870,354 84,305 3.03% 2,903,849

Athletics 1,256,569 1,274,829 18,260 1.45% 1,258,419

Extended Campus 2,910,744 3,006,221 95,478 3.28% 3,156,620

Health Center 4,500,146 4,136,915 (363,232) -8.07% 4,686,489

Information Technology 2,034,575 2,624,007 589,432 28.97% 2,740,230

Internet Fee 1,564,012 1,524,973 (39,039) -2.50% 1,528,614

Admin Recharge 2,062,776 1,939,508 (123,268) -5.98% 1,921,391

Accelerated Nursing 628,813 716,189 87,376 13.90% 695,813

Other 1,692,234 1,726,751 34,518 2.04% 1,538,199

Total 19,435,917 19,819,747 383,830 2.08% 20,429,625

Net Increase/Decrease 870,122 (388,768) 1,030,876

Beginning Fund Balance 8,172,974 9,043,096

Net Fund Balance 9,043,096 10,073,972

over/(under)Change from FY08 Budget

as of October 10, 2008Auxiliary Funds

Budget Summary Metropolitan State College of Denver



AGENDA ITEM: FISCAL YEAR 2009 MSCD OPERATING BUDGET UPDATE ISSUE: Consistent with the Trustee Policy Manual, Sections 4.1 and 4.2, the Board of Trustees for Metropolitan State College of Denver has the responsibility and authority to review and approve the operating budgets. This Agenda Item includes the FY 2008-09 Revised Operating Budget for Metropolitan State College of Denver. BACKGROUND: Staff is presenting budget adjustments that have been made since the initial FY2009 Operating Budget was approved by the Board of Trustees on June 4, 2008. The Revised FY 2008-09 State Appropriated revenue budgets were adjusted to account for a change in the reporting of tuition forfeiture and to decrease total net revenues by $444,562, which includes a decrease in Indirect Cost Recoveries and tuition revenues, and an increase in other revenues. Additionally, the college’s final fund balance distribution from FY2007-08 is presented for approval. The initial Auxiliary revenue and expense budgets are presented. The revenue budget is based on the fee rates approved at the June Board meeting, anticipated enrollments, and projected other revenue. The expenditure budgets are based on forecasts by each Auxiliary unit. The college continues to monitor the impact to budgets based on enrollment trends, the state economy and other impacting factors. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the Revised FY 2008-09 Operating Budget for MSCD as presented.


Metropolitan State College of DenverFY 2008-09 Proposed State Appropriated Budget As of October 10, 2008

Base Tuition Total One-time EstimatedBudget Forfeit Base Base Fund Base & OTAs of Reporting ICR Fall Revenue Budget Balance Budget

7/1/2008 Change Adjustment Projection Reserves 10/10/2008 Distribution 10/10/20081 Operating Revenues2 Tuition 52,322,055 (400,000) (22,457) 51,899,598 51,899,5983 Less Scholarships (22,000,000) (22,000,000) (22,000,000)4 Fee for Service 5,727,292 5,727,292 5,727,2925 Stipend 43,917,120 (491,853) 43,425,267 43,425,2676 Net Total Tuition 79,966,467 (400,000) 0 (514,310) 0 79,052,157 0 79,052,15778 Sales & Serv of Educ Depts. (369,287) (369,287) (369,287)9 Indirect Cost Recoveries 412,748 (67,300) 345,448 345,448

10 Other Revenue and Fees 2,634,619 400,000 137,048 3,171,667 3,171,66711 State Appropriation 0 012 Investment and interest income 1,127,887 1,127,887 1,127,88713 US Government Advances 0 0 014 Other Non-Operating Rev 0 0 015 Net Non-Operating Rev (Exp) 3,805,967 400,000 (67,300) 137,048 0 4,275,715 0 4,275,7151617 Total Revenue 83,772,434 0 (67,300) (377,262) 0 83,327,872 0 83,327,872

1819 Operating Expenses20 Instruction 61,329,576 (12,007) (80,000) 61,237,569 1,011,356 62,248,92521 Public Service 0 0 022 Academic Support 9,985,622 (24,759) (52,335) 9,908,528 1,535,538 11,444,06623 Student Services 11,804,696 (10,347) (50,000) 11,744,349 2,211,710 13,956,05924 Institutional Support 13,630,511 (20,187) (71,428) 13,538,896 3,507,638 17,046,53425 Operation of Plant 6,741,560 6,741,560 6,741,56026 Scholarship & fellowship 2,280,469 2,280,469 47,544 2,328,01327 Less Scholarships (22,000,000) (22,000,000) (22,000,000)28 Total Operating Expenditures 83,772,434 0 (67,300) 0 (253,763) 83,451,371 8,313,785 91,765,156

2930 Revenue Less Expenditures 0 0 0 (377,262) 253,763 (123,499) (8,313,785) (8,437,284)

3132 Prior Year Fund Balance 8,313,785 8,313,78533 Total State Appropriated Budget Available 8,313,785 0 0 (377,262) 253,763 (123,499) (8,313,785) (123,499)



Metropolitan State College of DenverFiscal Year 2008-09Allocation of Prior Year Fund Balance

Distribution Distribution Total Distof $5 M of Remaining of all

Approved Fund Fundin June Balance Balance

Mandatory Costs:Bad Debt 323,374 483,272 806,646 Scholarships/Financial Aid 47,544 120,000 167,544 ICRs & Program Fees 954,015 954,015 Maintain GASB Adjustment 184,952 184,952 Maintain Fringe Chargeback Reserve 252,882 252,882

Total Mandatory Costs Fund Balance Distribution 370,918 1,995,121 2,366,039

Theme One:HSI Initiative 159,566 5,000 164,566 First Year Success 34,450 34,450 Program & Infrastructure Support 467,326 467,326 Academic/Student - Equip & Capital 1,354,170 204,030 1,558,200 Metro State Neighborhood 606,247 606,247

Total Theme One Fund Balance Distribution 2,015,512 815,277 2,830,789

Theme Two:Faculty Merit Pool (onetime redistribution in FY09) (2,131,000) (35,015) (2,166,015) HSI Initiative 159,567 159,567 First Year Success 33,000 33,000 Program & Infrastructure Support 1,642,885 35,015 1,677,900 Facilities 250,000 250,000 Infrastructure & Support 1,702,800 453,637 2,156,437 Non-Faculty Professional Development 100,000 100,000

Total Theme Two Fund Balance Distribution 1,757,252 453,637 2,210,889

Theme Three:Urban Land Grant Initiative 104,000 104,000 Program & Infrastructure Support 186,833 186,833

Total Theme Three Fund Balance Distribution 290,833 - 290,833

Theme Four:HSI Initiative 159,567 159,567 Diversity Office 240,000 240,000 Program & Infrastructure Support 165,918 49,750 215,668

Total Theme Four Fund Balance Distribution 565,485 49,750 615,235

Total Prior Year Fund Balance Distribution 5,000,000 3,313,785 8,313,785

Administration and Finance


Metropolitan State College of Denver

FY 2008-09 Initial Base Budgets Auxiliary Funds as of October 10, 2008

GASBStudent Extended Health, Access Information Internet Admin Accel AccountingAffairs Athletics Campus & Counseling Technology Fee Recharge Nursing Other Total Adjustment Total

1 Operating Revenues2 0100 Tuition & Fees3 Total Tuition & Fees 2,754,172 1,233,227 3,161,159 1,368,808 2,871,778 1,505,520 0 691,754 384,700 13,971,118 (3,300,000) 10,671,1184 0 05 0500 Sales & Services of Educational Dept. 0 06 Total Sales and Services of Educational 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,079,750 1,079,750 0 1,079,7507 0 08 0510 Sales & Services of Auxiliary Enterprises 0 09 Total Sales and Services Auxiliary 173,600 35,500 0 2,381,753 0 0 0 0 30,000 2,620,853 0 2,620,853

10 0 011 0200 Federal Grants and Contracts 0 012 Total Federal Grants and Contracts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 150,000 150,000 0 150,00013 0 014 0400 Other Revenue 0 015 Total Other Revenue 237,030 2,000 59,196 665,734 37,800 32,322 2,481,211 22,000 101,487 3,638,780 0 3,638,78016 Total Operating Revenue 3,164,802 1,270,727 3,220,355 4,416,295 2,909,578 1,537,842 2,481,211 713,754 1,745,937 21,460,501 (3,300,000) 18,160,501

1718 EXPENDITURES19 Auxiliary Enterprise Expenditures 20 Personnel 21 Subtotal Faculty 0 0 1,028,183 0 0 0 0 238,878 0 1,267,061 1,267,06122 Subtotal Administrators 885,913 423,950 505,053 458,175 102,516 154,827 426,130 196,736 491,946 3,645,245 3,645,24523 Subtotal Support Staff 114,621 0 153,029 1,287,740 494,614 556,216 829,644 17,634 79,539 3,533,038 3,533,03824 Benefits 201,336 80,912 285,065 372,491 133,285 152,559 265,617 79,822 115,989 1,687,076 1,687,07625 Total Personnel 1,201,869 504,862 1,971,330 2,118,406 730,415 863,602 1,521,391 533,070 687,475 10,132,420 0 10,132,420

26 27 6100 Hourly 568,500 0 50,000 350,000 510,850 70,000 0 0 0 1,549,350 1,549,35028 6500 Materials and Supplies( w/ASR) 964,255 391,855 1,026,512 1,996,083 1,056,272 464,634 200,000 162,743 632,765 6,895,119 (3,300,000) 3,595,11929 7099 Travel 92,925 311,702 83,778 57,000 20,000 25,000 0 0 14,960 605,365 605,36530 7499 Capital and Remodel 46,300 0 25,000 165,000 422,693 105,378 0 0 3,000 767,371 767,37131 7800 Scholarships 30,000 50,000 0 0 0 0 200,000 0 0 280,000 280,00032 8300 Transfer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 200,000 200,000 200,00033 Total Auxiliary Enterprise 2,903,849 1,258,419 3,156,620 4,686,489 2,740,230 1,528,614 1,921,391 695,813 1,538,199 20,429,625 (3,300,000) 17,129,625

34 35 NET FY09 Budget Allocation 260,953 12,308 63,735 (270,194) 169,348 9,228 559,820 17,941 207,738 1,030,876 0 1,030,876

363738 FY08 Fund Balance Forward 579,496 15,099 1,268,380 446,576 345,267 723,958 2,468,988 580,791 2,614,540 9,043,096 (672,454) 8,370,64240 Total FY09 840,449 27,407 1,332,115 176,382 514,615 733,186 3,028,809 598,732 2,822,278 10,073,972 (672,454) 9,401,518

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AGENDA ITEM: Personnel ISSUE: Report of personnel actions which have occurred since the last

Board agenda of September, 2008. BACKGROUND: Appointments and promotions which require approval by the

Board. RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by Metropolitan State College of

Denver that the Board of Trustees approve the following appointments.

APPOINTMENTS Mr. LaTra Tracy Rogers, Assistant Professor of Social Work, $50,048.00 – August 6, 2008 through May 16, 2009. (PROBATIONARY/FACULTY) Mr. Isaac Nichols, Student Conflict Resolution Specialist, $35,000.00 – August 20, 2008 through June 30, 2009. (ADMINISTRATIVE) Mr. Quintin Grogan, Assistant Men's Basketball Coach, $31,000.00 – September 2, 2008 through June 30, 2009. (ADMINISTRATIVE) Mr. Timothy Bond, Academic Advisor, $38,943.00 – September 15, 2008 through June 30, 2009. (ADMINISTRATIVE) Ms. Paula Martinez, Registrar, $80,000.00 – October 6, 2008 through June 30, 2009. (ADMINISTRATIVE) Ms. Joanna Snawder, Associate Director of Institute for Women's Studies & Services, $55,000.00 – October 6, 2008 through June 30, 2009. (ADMINISTRATIVE) PROMOTIONS Ms. Esther M. Hannon, Early Childhood Literacy Coordinator, $37,000.00 – August 11, 2008 through June 30, 2009. (TEMPORARY/ADMINISTRATIVE – FROM Early Childhood Education/School Associate Coordinator TO Early Childhood Literacy Coordinator) Dr. Elizabeth Parmelee, Director of Center of Individualized Learning, $65,910.00 – September 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009. (ADMINISTRATIVE – FROM Assistant Director Center of Individualized Learning TO Director of Center of Individualized Learning) Mr. Brian Hultgren, Assistant Director of Financial Aid – Loans, $52,000.00 – September 4, 2008 through June 30, 2009. (ADMINISTRATIVE – FROM Financial Aid Counselor TO Assistant Director of Financial Aid)


Ms. Cherrelyn Napue, Associate Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations, $115,000.00 –, 2008 through June 30, 2009. (ADMINISTRATIVE – FROM Assistant Vice President TO Associate Vice President)


AGENDA ITEM: Updated Academic Program Review Schedule (Planning Theme Two; also One, Three, and Four) Program Review Schedule through 2014-2015 Previous review packets are available on the U drive U:\PROGRAM REVIEW\Program Review Packets\previous review packets

Metropolitan State College of Denver - Program Review Schedule 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015

Mathematics (BA/BS) History (BA) Anthropology

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Aviation Management (BS)

Behavioral Science (BA)

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Physics (BA/BS) Environmental Science (BS)

Human Services (BS)

Aviation Technology (BS)

Computer Science (BS) English (BA) Theatre

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Secondary Education

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Individualized Degree Program (BA/BS)

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Elementary Education

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Economics (BA) Surveying & Mapping (BS)

Recreation Professions (BA)

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Integrative Therapeutic Practices (BS)

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AGENDA ITEM: Proposal for a New Study Abroad Course – Cinema of India (Planning Theme Two)

BACKGROUND: The English Department proposes to lead a trip to India to study Indian cinema in context. The course ENG 375A Cinema of India is approved as a residential course. The proposal has been reviewed by the International Education Committee, the Office of International Studies, and the Office of Academic Affairs.

The goals and objectives of the proposed trip are: ! Advance student understanding of world cinema and South Asian culture ! Provide a study-abroad environment that enriches the participant’s cultural perspectives ! Enable students to describe formal characteristics and content typical of film in India ! Promote an understanding of the historical and cultural underpinnings of Indian film

ANALYSIS: Course Description: The proposed Study Abroad experience is designed for students who wish to study the film of India in the context of experiencing travel in India. The proposal includes classroom preparation on the Auraria Campus prior to travel to India, and both formal lectures, film viewing and field experiences in India. The field activities include an excursion to a film studio, a classical dance performance, and visits to the Phalke Museum of Film and the Ajanta Caves.

Student Learning Objectives for the course includes: ! describing formal characteristics and content typical of films from India ! discussing trends in the history of films from India ! analyzing how films being studied relate to historical, cultural contexts ! criticizing particular films from India

Student performance is to be evaluated by ! attending 15 hours of pre-departure and post-trip lectures and film viewing ! attending all site visits and lectures abroad, including film viewing ! writing assignments about particular films ! extended critical paper on one film ! written examination on films, history and criticism ! oral reports

Faculty Leader: The course will be led by James Aubrey, a tenured Professor of English. He is led two study abroad courses in London, and has lived in various countries abroad: Denmark, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and most recently India. Prof. Aubrey taught in India as a Fulbright scholar, and re-visited India last year as part of a delegation which arranged a partnership with the University of Pune. He is the coordinator of Metro’s new minor of Cinema Studies.


Dates and Sites: The course is scheduled for January 2 – 17, 2009. Students will fly to Mumbai/Bombay, via Hong Kong and drive to Pune. Hotel accommodations include 10 nights in Pune, one in Mumbai, and one in Ajanta. Course Credit: Three credits will given for the course. The pre-departure and post-return lectures (9.5 hours), lectures abroad (21 hours), film viewing (22.25 lab hours [11.13 contact hours]) and field experiences (20 clock hours [10 contact hours]) exceed the 45 contact hours required for three semester hours. Cost to the Student: The total base tour cost is $2245, which includes lodging, ground transportation, and site fees. Additional cost to the students is estimated at $2710, which includes airfare, MSCD tuition and fees, food and drink, passport, and vaccinations. The quoted prices are based on a headcount of 10 participants. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Board of Trustees approve the study abroad trip to India.


AGENDA ITEM: Institutional and Program Responses to the 2006-07 Academic Program Review Questions and Recommendations (Planning Theme Two; also One, Three, and Four)

ISSUE: Recommendations made at the time of program review are usually acted upon during the subsequent year. This agenda item describes the actions taken by the programs whose reviews were completed in 2006-07. BACKGROUND: Last year MSCD presented the results of the program reviews of the following majors and indicated that steps would be taken to address certain concerns. This report is a follow-up to the 2006-07 report, providing the Trustees with information about the progress the college has made in addressing the recommendations. Because there are numerous recommendations, the Vice President of Academic Affairs together with the Associate Vice President and Deans narrowed the list of recommendations to those that are presented. The questions that were asked are shown in bold type. REPORTS: English Program 1. Despite the Department hiring six faculty in Fall 2007, there are still fewer

tenured/tenure-track faculty (25 now/29 then) than at the time of the 2000 Program Review; recent hires have been offset by retirements and resignations. Very few sections of freshman composition are taught by tenured/tenure-track faculty. Is there a plan to hire additional faculty to bring the number to at least the 2000 level? Response, Actions: For 2008-09, if continuing and emergency hires of visiting full-time faculty are counted, the English Department will have 32 full-time faculty. This includes five visiting faculty, a tenure-track faculty member on unpaid leave for the year, and two tenured faculty who each have a one semester sabbatical. The English Department has been allotted 2 new tenure-track lines to start in the 2009-2010 academic year.

The recent hires reduced the number of affiliate faculty from about 70 to about 55, so more composition courses are now being taught by tenured/tenure-track faculty than has been the case for a number of years prior to the 2007-08 academic year. The department has been able to staff all of the program courses for the majors and minors with full time faculty for the first time in years. At the same time, four full-time faculty have discussed the possibility of retiring or resigning in the next couple of years. Even if able to search those positions immediately, the department will be searching very actively for continuing faculty just to stay even in the next few years. To add to the number of tenured and tenure-track faculty, it will be even busier.


When a search is conducted, the English Department has traditionally been successful at hiring the first choices. Only in specializations that are hard to find, like linguistics or English/Elementary Education, has a search taken more than one try. This past year, there were hiring issues new to the department: a search failing on the basis of an inadequate salary offer and searches in jeopardy because of exceptionally small pools. For the English Department to complete searches in a timely manner, salary offers will have to be more competitive on a national level and advertising must become more applicant-friendly by making sure advertising links work and positions are posted by academic specialty. Applicants typically begin a job search by looking at postings in their own specialty, so the department needs to be visible. The first contact applicants have with the College is through the hiring software; if that is unfriendly in any way, potential applicants are discouraged, as happened in this past hiring year.

2. Recent faculty searches were hampered by a narrow interpretation of College policies which limited the pool of qualified candidates. Has the Department been able to return to the former broader interpretation of hiring policies; what proposed revisions to Appendix A of the Handbook for Professional Personnel have been submitted to the College? Response: The department has not been able to return to a broader interpretation of Appendix A as a general policy. The department will be allowed to propose Appendix A language, as the chair understands it, for each hiring year. While helpful, a broader Appendix A language that simply allowed “closely related field” to be added to the current descriptors would be better. The department offers majors and minors that need expertise in creative writing, literature, composition, education, linguistics, and film studies; broad enough language is needed to cover hires in all of these areas.

3. At the time of the program review, the Writing Center was being run, half-time by an interim director on a full-time temporary appointment, with no additional staff support. The College Program Review Committee recommended a tenure track faculty member with 50% reassigned time for the Center and a full-time staff position. What is the current status of staffing for the Writing Center? What additional resources are needed? Actions: The department has just hired Dr. Elizabeth Kleinfeld as a new tenure-track faculty member who will have exactly the assignment recommended by CPRC. She has experience running a Writing Center for Red Rocks Community College and a doctorate in composition and research plans that involve the Writing Center and its activities. The department does not have any administrative staff support for the Writing Center, so it is still in dire need of full-time administrative help, backed up with student help. As to other resources, the department chair thinks that this will be known better in a year, once Dr. Kleinfeld has experience with the Writing Center, its established tutors, and the students.

4. The Department conducted a trial run of an entrance/exit exam for ENG 1010 in the fall of 2006. A fully implemented version of these exams would be very valuable to the College for the assessment of student learning. Has the department been able to proceed with developing pre- and post-assessment exams for all sections of ENG 1010; if so, what implementation schedule is planned?


Response: The results of the trial run were very discouraging. Because the trial run was not part of the grade for the sections of ENG 1010, the department received poor results from students. In the meantime, the Department’s plans have been superseded by developments at the College level and its plans to assess the General Studies program. The department has expressed willingness to develop a portfolio-style assessment of ENG 1020—and because the composition sequence is just that, a sequence, assessment of ENG 1020 could stand in for assessment of the composition program as a whole. Doing so will require administrative staff in the Writing Center, appropriate student help, and salary supplements for those faculty who participate in the assessment. The process will begin as soon as the resources are available and could be ready for a full scale assessment of the appropriate number—about 350—of final papers from English 1020 sections in summer 2009 if those resources are received soon enough in the fall term.

5. At the time of the program review, having two administrative staff members was considered to be insufficient to adequately support the needs of the English Department. What changes have been made to increase the number of office support staff? Response: No changes have been made. The department is still struggling along with two administrative staff and a rotating schedule of student help. And because the workload is heaviest at the beginning and end of terms when contracts and grades are due, there is no student help during those times. To undertake a share of General Studies assessment, the department simply must have adequate staff to support the additional workload—it is at the outer limit of what can be done with current staffing levels.

6. Please list other actions taken that you would like to have mentioned. Actions: The department has completed a linguistics minor and a language/linguistics minor that are growing rapidly. The department will soon need a third linguistics faculty member to support them. A new film studies minor and certificate program was completed this year and will need a new faculty member with an appropriate academic background. The department is supporting a Writing Center at North High School with TQE/UTP reassigned time and affiliate-faculty support and could expand this program with new full and part-time faculty.

More faculty and staff are needed. The increases in faculty are not quite keeping up with needs, while the administrative workload has grown and grown with no increase in staff.

Modern Languages Program 1. At the time of the program review it was recommended that the department explore

ways to promote foreign languages for students seeking teacher licensure and business degrees. What progress has the department made in doing this? Foreign language proficiency for more graduates would better prepare students for a global society, thereby contributing to that part of the College’s mission. Current Status: A review of the current MDL program reveals that its core seems to be fundamentally traditional with few caveats in meeting a more globally inviting and challenging environment.

Within the existing system, MDL promotes foreign languages in a number of ways: by semi-weekly Tertulia (conversation tables) with interested majors, minors, and visitors; by student


membership in several Honor Societies, and language specific clubs; by majors’ meeting with advisors either singly or in groups for advising and distribution of information; by faculty participation and presentations at Major’s Fairs; and by student travel abroad via the Guadalajara/Cuernavaca Study Abroad Program, which now rests in MDL and is directed by an MDL full-time faculty. Students in the Cuernavaca program carry out study in business; and by student participation in shorter travel abroad programs to Peru and Madrid. Students also have opportunity to travel to France and Germany.

Although Spanish offers, as needed, a number of lower-level professional/business courses, advanced curriculum, other than that of Translation, are not yet offered as part of the regular program. However, students in German have an opportunity to take coursework in business (GER 3400 German Business Culture).

In Spanish, the translation courses at the advanced level (one offered each semester) provide advanced students with an opportunity not only to apply advanced oral and written skills to cultural and/or literary settings, but also to apply such skills in activity involving professional/business platforms.

Students completing five demanding, advanced courses, including translation courses, also qualify for a Certificate in Translation. MDL is currently working at developing additional courses in business as part of a new track it hopes to present. MDL continues to offer basic competency Certificates in French, German and Spanish.

In addition, brief student travel to Spain and to Latin America occurred in summer 2007 and 2008. These brief programs are programmed for summer 2009. Faculty and advisors, in keeping with better service to students and globally aware curricula, encourage students seeking licensure to review and consider foreign language as a minor or major. The number of students in the licensure program continues a healthy growth pattern into 2009.

Needs: While faculty understand that foreign language proficiency for more graduates better prepares them for the challenges of a demanding global marketplace, they also understand that without a solid commitment to the importance of foreign languages at Metro State, the mission may fall short of meeting its goals.

According to the MDL department, foreign language beyond the first or second semester should be a required component of a number of curricula on campus: English, History, Sociology, Social Work, Criminal Justice, Hotel Management/Tourism, Health Professions, Journalism, Communications (including Technical), Women’s Studies, Chicano/a Studies, and Graphics (especially tied to translation of international graphic imaging).

2. The number of tenured/tenure-track faculty positions has not kept up with the increasing number of majors. Has the department been able to hire additional tenure-track faculty to bring the number to the desired number? At the time of the program review a number of long-time affiliate (part-time) faculty who were outstanding teachers could not be re-hired because of a new policy of strict interpretation of the requirements of Appendix A of the Handbook for Professional Personnel. What has been done to resolve this problem? In a previous report, the department chair had indicated a need for full-time, tenure-track lines to support the major/minor areas, especially in Spanish. This is especially important,


since temporary faculty cannot provide the same level of teaching and professional activity as faculty members who have completed higher levels of graduate training.

At this point the roster lists 10 tenured/tenure-track faculty lines, including a tenured member under transitional retirement, the Chair (who teaches one course per semester), and 3.5 Visiting Faculty. The department was able to hire one new tenure-track faculty member in both 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 and a search has been authorized for a third new tenure-track line for the current academic year. For 2009-2010, the department will also be able to convert one visiting position into a full-time, tenure-track position. Provided these searches are successful, the department will have increased its tenure-track and tenured faculty from 9 in 2006-2007 to 12 in 2009-2010.

The affiliate (part-time) roster is composed of 25 faculty members. The department retains proven outstanding part-time teachers. They are still required to meet the Appendix A guidelines of a graduate degree in a foreign language. This fall semester, affiliate (part-time) faculty members are teaching 44% of the MDL CHP.

The department would like to hire more full-time faculty to better fulfill its mission—faculty that could enhance teaching and new program ventures.

3. What has been done to reduce class sizes for introductory language classes? One factor leading to undesirably large classes has been inadequate classroom space and/or inappropriately configured space for language classes. What progress has been made in obtaining additional space or reconfiguring existing space for the program? More than 20 students per class is not recommended in introductory, intermediate, or advanced foreign language classes. In MDL the number of enrolled students and the number of available faculty has normally dictated the enrollment maximum, which continues to be above 20 and generally 25, too high to achieve the proficiency goals for each class.

Despite department efforts, the inability to attract enough affiliate faculty continues to be problematic. Issues dealing with remuneration per class and required credentials continue to impact the number of hires that are made. Additional concern is the lack of classrooms in which additional classes could be placed.

In many instances, available classroom space, and the outdated classroom equipment were major obstacles to accommodating large introductory classes, and thus making oral/written components difficult to carry out in small spaces. In addition, available classrooms are not equipped to meet student physical and/or technical needs of these classes. These inadequacies continue to be problematic into 2008-2009. Repeated requests made to IT to upgrade or replace classroom equipment in disrepair continue unanswered.

Need for Language Lab: A major obstacle to achieving excellence in the delivery of foreign languages rests in the absence of a language laboratory. With the additional changes required to meet program review mandates and new goals of proficiency, attainment required by new textbooks and technical requirements cannot be met without full use of a language lab dedicated to the needs foreign language delivery. A language lab has not yet been requested by the department.

4. The department’s assessment has focused on lower division language courses using the Brigham Young University Computerized Adaptive Proficiency Examination to assess proficiency at the end of the second and fourth semesters in Spanish, German, or


French. Assessment of graduating majors has been minimal. What progress has the department made in developing student learning objectives and assessment tools for graduating majors? All advanced courses currently include an oral and written exit component as part of assessment and exit strategies. While the department has discussed an exit exam that would meet requisites, this component is still under development, and faculty hope to have a finalized version by the end of 2008-2009.

5. Has the department enhanced career advising for majors? MDL continues to provide students with information (via letters and brochures) regarding their area of study. This may include brochures from local, regional and national enterprises, societies, and organizations. In addition, the department publishes a “What can you do with a foreign language?” flyer, which describes areas in which FL majors may seek employment. As part of Open House, material is made available to interested students.

6. Please list other actions taken that you would like to have mentioned. In meeting MSCD global initiatives, MDL began offering Chinese in fall 2007. Courses in Chinese continue in 2008-2009, with the expectation that exchanges between Metro State and Yunnan University in China will enhance opportunities for students and faculty.

MDL has programmed Latin to meet requests made by the Honors Program. Insufficient enrollment prompted class cancellation.

MDL hopes to offer Arabic in fall 2010 and new courses in Business Spanish.

Philosophy Program 1. At the time of the program review the number of personnel, both full-time faculty and

support staff, was inadequate given the number of majors. Have administrative and academic staffing numbers increased? What personnel needs remain? Actions: On the academic side of the equation, the department has been able to make a number of notable hires. 2006-07: Adam Graves (Religious Studies, Ph.D., Pennsylvania) for tenure-track position. Acquired Ian Smith (Applied Ethics, Ph.D., Utah) as visiting faculty. 2007-08: Carol Quinn (Applied Ethics, Ph.D., Syracuse) and Daniel Krasner (Language and Logic, Ph.D., UCLA) for tenure-track positions. Acquired Daniel Considine (Epistemology, Ph.D. candidate, USC) and Ashby Butnor (Comparative Thought, Ph.D. candidate, Hawaii).

While a few areas remain uncovered (see Philosophy Strategic Plan), the department is now near adequate academic staffing levels, although still quite far away from the President’s goal of 60% tenure/tenure-track, 20% visiting, and 20% adjunct: for that, 15 tenure/tenure-track and 5 visiting professors would be needed. The department is also in danger of losing some recent hires because of unfavorable employment conditions.

In fall 2007 a full-time Administrative Assistant III was hired.

This means that with regard to staff, the department has made it back to the situation in 2002-03, when the program was much smaller in terms of both faculty and students.


2. Philosophy Department and the School of Business faculty had been meeting to discuss improvements to the business ethics course to better meet the needs of business students. What has been the result of these meetings with respect to this course? Actions: A draft syllabus has been provided to SCOBUS. A revised “regular syllabus” will be submitted this fall for the normal curriculum process alongside the remaining General Studies courses.

3. Has support been available to enable the Metro State Philosophy Colloquium series to meet regularly? What additional funding or other support is needed? Response: To date, no, we have not received additional funding. However, the LAS Dean is initiating a new program this semester that will provide a small amount of funding ($1000) for each department to host colloquia. Reassigned time and external funding would be needed as well (see Philosophy Strategic Plan).

Program faculty were planning to seek membership in the Consortium on Mind/Brain Science Instruction (CMBI) and to participate in the Illinois State University’s “The Mind Project,” a community of students, teachers and experts working to explore the frontier of the cognitive and learning sciences. Has this happened? What benefits are anticipated from membership? What, if any, obstacles exist/existed to the department’s membership in CMBI? Response: This is on the agenda for after 2009 (see Philosophy Strategic Plan).

4. The College Program Review Committee recommended, and the department’s strategic plan includes, formation of an advisory board to enhance engagement with the community. What is the progress in creating an external advisory board? Response: This is also on the agenda for after 2009 (see Philosophy Strategic Plan).

5. Please list other actions taken that you would like to have mentioned. Actions: Curriculum development within the six-year period beginning in fall 2003 includes modification and addition of programs (with more in the pipeline), revision of almost all existing courses, and the creation of new courses.

Recreation Professions Program 1. To maintain program accreditation by the Council on Accreditation of the National

Recreation and Park Association, the program needs a minimum of three FTE faculty. The program has met this requirement with one tenured, one full-time visiting, and several affiliate faculty. Has a second tenure-track faculty line been authorized for Recreation Professions and has it been possible to hire anyone? Response, Actions: The Program requested a tenure-track line which was approved and will be posted this fall. For the Department the requirements for accreditation are somewhat of a “Catch 22,” as RECR credit-hour production continues to be low and classes have low enrollment. This necessitates that full-time faculty carry overloads and make it difficult to meet the accrediting body’s requirements.

2. Have the marketing brochure and other activities on the part of the faculty resulted in an increase in enrollment in the program? Has the school or college provided financial support for recruitment?


Response, Actions: The School has provided financial support for the duplication of marketing brochures. However, with so few faculty members it is difficult to continually have time to distribute materials external to campus (i.e., parks and recreation departments). The SPS dean recommends that other modes of distribution and marketing should be sought.

Enrollment in the Program has remained essentially the same. The latest OIR data from 2006 show 56 majors and 3 minors. The Recreation Program faculty members believe that there have been increases in the numbers of majors and minors, although credit-hour production, as shown below, does not indicate that there has been a substantial increase.

! Spring 2006 – 22.60 ! Fall 2006 – 20.20 ! Spring 2007 – 24.10 ! Fall 2007 – 14.83 ! Spring 2008 – 21.10 ! Fall 2008 – 14.77 (as of 9/2/08)

3. Health Professions’ recent move into trailers should alleviate the extreme overcrowding of the department. Has this move helped with the specialized needs of the Recreation Professions program, specifically with accessibility for people in wheel chairs or with other mobility problems? Response: Recreation professions faculty and offices did not have access problems. The move has, however, significantly reduced the overcrowding within HEP.

4. Has the program been able to purchase adaptive equipment including a sport wheelchair? What arrangements have been made to increase access to the PE/Event center facilities and improve the cooperation with the Human Performance and Sport Department? Response: Adaptive equipment has not been requested. The Program has worked with HPS to coordinate access to classroom activity space and this has been very successful during the past year.

5. Has it been possible to increase the number of office support staff? What office staff needs remain? Response and Actions: The Department has just received another classified line, which should alleviate some of the burden on existing staff. That being said, two classified personnel support 17 full-time faculty and 30+ affiliate faculty, and the department continues to seek out work-study students and additional classified staff to meet the increasing needs of the department. HEP is on the SPS dean’s priority list for another classified staff member.

6. Please list other actions taken that you would like to have mentioned. Actions: The Program is diversifying offerings through cooperative courses/programs with campus recreation and the Consortium for Older Adult Wellness. These opportunities help to attract additional students into the program and create a greater awareness of the degree.


Communication Arts and Sciences (CAS) Programs Journalism Program and SPE Broadcast Concentrations 1. Journalism was an independent department before 2002. The other programs in CAS,

except the Broadcast concentrations, differ greatly from Journalism. Journalism faculty expressed an interest in once again becoming an independent department. Is there support for such a realignment? Response: The Journalism program has the full support from the journalism faculty and program directors to become an independent department again within the School of Letters, Arts and Sciences in the near future. The program had a 2/3’s turnover of tenure-track and tenured faculty last year. These faculty members have been replaced but more tenure-track faculty need to be added before it is ready to become an independent department.

2. Should a new Broadcast major be created? Should Broadcast courses be assigned a separate prefix? If a new major is created should it stay within CAS or become part of separate department with Journalism? Response: Broadcast had a 100% turnover of tenured/tenure-track faculty this year. The new faculty are examining the curriculum. An important part of this ongoing discussion is the recognition that the majority of broadcast students typically enter the industry with a few going to graduate school or law school. Broadcast students need a balance of theory based courses in order to make critically well analyzed decisions and certainly must graduate with a specific skill set to compete in the job market. The revision of the broadcast curriculum will reflect the importance of both of these values.

These talented, new-to-Metro faculty members need to gain experience at Metro and survey our students. At that point it may make sense to revisit the program review with a new discussion involving the two new Broadcast faculty and the two new Journalism faculty regarding a Broadcast/Journalism department. It is not uncommon for Journalism and Broadcast to be combined and sometimes aligned with Technical Communications. The new faculty members in these programs need to gain experience at Metro and then discuss what would be the best alignment for their students.

3. What progress has been made in finding funding and reestablishing The Capitol Reporter? Response: The Capitol Reporter was a well respected paper which provided educational opportunities for our students. If it were resurrected then funding would have to be identified that would include a tenured position, an equipped newsroom, a business manager, a Web master, a funded office, alignment with one of the major dailies, professional / academic partnership with Scripps Howard Foundation (Scripps once committed $3 million a year for 15 years). Journalism faculty believe that if funding can once again be found, it should be possible to restart the paper. It would require external sources of funding. The Journalism faculty do not have a suggestion as to whom should explore new funding.

4. The number of faculty for both Journalism and the Broadcast concentrations were well below the numbers needed. Have additional faculty been hired in either area?


Response: Not yet. Broadcast had two tenured faculty; both retired. Those tenured lines were filled with two tenure-track faculty this year, Dr. Larry Collette and Ms. Pat Turner.

Journalism has over 400 majors. Journalism has one tenured faculty, and two new tenure-track faculty. One visiting faculty line will be converted to a tenure-track line this year.

What faculty needs remain? Response: Journalism faculty: Journalism has a need for more tenured professors to cover the existing number of majors. Areas would be convergent media, Social Documentary, another News/Ed, another Magazine and Public Relations. Response: Broadcast faculty: With the current two full time tenure-track faculty we have strength in theory and media production. Affiliate faculty bring in strength in radio production. There are opportunities in entertainment broadcast and sports broadcast which would require faculty with specific expertise.

5. Have external advisory boards been established for either Broadcast or Journalism? Response: Both Journalism and Broadcast faculty consider advisory boards a priority but have not yet established one for either program.

6. Please list other actions taken that you would like to have mentioned. Response: In 2007-08, Journalism received substantial funding from the College for equipment. The equipment included four Nikon D300 cameras and assorted lenses, three Canon XH-1A HD digital video cameras, and sound recording equipment for these cameras. These are used by students in Social Documentary for the production of DVD documentaries. The program also received computers and software for lab and field production, and an Epson 9880 printer that can make prints nearly four feet wide by 50 feet long. This printer will be used for exhibition prints within convergent journalism.

Speech Communication Program 1. The College Program Review Committee and the consultant recommended that the

SPE major be reorganized with the Communication Theory, Organizational Communication and Public Address and Rhetoric concentrations becoming more closely aligned (and separated from the Broadcast and SLHS concentrations) and that the core of courses be revised to include components of communication theory, ethics, interpersonal (relational theory), rhetoric, and research methods. Apart from the possible departmental restructuring, what changes are planned to the SPE major? Actions: Departmental restructuring is progressing with the alignment and integration of the concentrations of Broadcast Performance, Broadcast Production, Broadcast Journalism, Communication Theory, Organizational Communication, and Rhetoric and Public Address. Speech, Language and Hearing Science has submitted a proposal for a separate major. With the addition of two new faculty in broadcast the department is strengthening that concentration and looking for appropriate links with Journalism and Technical Communication. The suggestion to revise the core was approved by the SPE faculty and a curriculum packet will be submitted in fall 2008 listing Communication Inquiry, Communication Theory, Rhetorical Foundations of Communication and Communication Ethics as the core for the six Speech concentrations. Each concentration is being revised.


Organizational Communication revision will be submitted in fall 2008. Communication Theory and Rhetoric and Public Address will be submitted in spring 2009.

The goals/student learning objectives for all Speech Communication majors were the same, including the Broadcast and SHLS concentrations which seemed too broad to adequately assess student learning for the specific concentrations within the program. What changes have been made in the assessment plan the student learning objectives? How are assessment results being used for program improvement?

Actions Taken: Broadcast faculty are working on a substantial revision of their program including the goals and learning objectives to be submitted in spring 2009. The shared interests of broadcast with journalism and technical communication are apparent and a meeting with these two faculties would benefit the students from all three programs by looking for overlap, strengths, and creative ways to make the offerings available to students. One of the Co-Chairs has volunteered to be on the LAS Assessment Committee to strengthen this area.

2. The program review consultant recommended a closer alignment of the three concentration areas (Communication Theory, Organizational Communication and Public Address and Rhetoric), and suggested a single leader, tenured or tenure-track, to coordinate the program. What progress has been made in realigning these concentrations? Has it been possible to appoint a single coordinator for them? Has the recommendation to create a tenure-track position to coordinate SPE 1010 been implemented? Actions Taken: Dr. Karen Lollar was hired in 2007 as a tenure-track associate professor and co-chair of Communication Arts and Sciences to lead the alignment of the speech concentrations. She now coordinates all three concentrations. In 2008, Dr. Katia Campbell was hired as the coordinator for SPE 1010.

3. Have the senior experience courses been reviewed and revised? Two of the senior experience courses (SPE 4120 and SPE 4090) had no prerequisites other than SPE 1010. Without any common foundation provided by specific coursework, it seemed unlikely that these courses provided a synthesizing capstone experience. Actions Taken: Each concentration revision will address a required synthesizing senior experience; review courses, and update the prerequisites. Dr. Campbell and Dr. Lollar will review the courses in Rhetoric and Public Address in spring 2009. This revision will include SPE 4120 and SPE 4090.


4. Please list other actions taken that you would like to have mentioned. The program review identified the importance of changing the core. The discussion was instrumental in helping move together as a faculty toward a shared vision for the department. As the core is changed faculty is finding that it’s a lot like remodeling a house; change one thing and five other things need to be changed. It’s a bigger process than imagined.

Faculty want to build bridges. Broadcast Professor Turner met with Theatre Professor Louden to collaboratively develop a course in Acting for the Camera. One creative idea that emerged was to produce original student play scripts as an “evening of student films” for the Auraria Access TV Channel.

Speech Language Hearing Sciences Concentration 7. SLHS faculty expressed an interest in SLHS becoming a major separate from Speech

Communication. A proposal for the new major is being reviewed at various levels, with an expectation of reaching the Board of Trustees level in Spring 2008. Briefly describe the benefits of a new degree program, as compared with a concentration. Response, Actions: Tenured faculty developed the SLHS Major proposal during Spring 2008. Input was solicited from Rich Wagner in the Office of Academic Affairs regarding the application and budgeting issues. Faculty revised the proposal based on his input and compiled the companion curriculum paperwork. Both documents were submitted to the LAS Dean’s office on 9/9/08 for review by the LAS Curriculum Committee.

The primary value of the proposed major in SLHS is visibility - both for students seeking to major in speech-language pathology and audiology and for future graduates whose diploma will reflect the focus of their major. The first group will be more likely to find the SLHS program at Metro State if it is listed as an academic major. The second group will be pleased that their diploma states they obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Speech, Language, Hearing Sciences or its concentration in Childhood Communication. In addition, the scope of Metro State’s communication sciences and disorders program will be more accurately represented to public school employers looking to hire speech-language pathology assistants (SLPAs) who hold a bachelor’s degree in Speech, Language, Hearing Sciences or licensed teachers who hold a degree in Speech, Language, Hearing Sciences: Childhood Communication. The Colorado Department of Education which authorizes qualified B.A. graduates’ applications for Speech, Language, Pathology Assistant (SLPA) Authorization, will find it easier to compare Metro State graduates with graduates in speech and hearing sciences from other institutions.

The SLHS major and its Childhood Communication concentration will help students identify these programs and meet with faculty advisors earlier in their academic careers. Early advising helps students sequence courses appropriately, select useful electives and complete their degree in a timely manner. Additionally, early advising informs students whose goal is admission to graduate school that specific psychology, social and natural sciences coursework is required for later clinical certification by the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association (ASHA). Early advising ensures that licensure-seeking students obtain requisite coursework in Childhood Communication efficiently so they can graduate with their B.A and teaching license in four years.


The current curriculum is already well-respected by speech-language pathology and audiology graduate programs in the state of Colorado; therefore, qualified graduates have traditionally gained access into graduate programs within the state. However, faculty members have been told by graduate programs that student preparation is unclear when the major is Speech Communication, rather than an SLHS major. This lack of clarity may bias out-of-state universities less familiar with Metro State’s program, potentially denying entrance to qualified graduates. The proposed major in SLHS will promote easier identification of the knowledge and skills of our graduates by universities offering advanced degrees in the field of communication sciences and disorders.

8. Have additional SLHS tenure-track faculty or a Clinical Practicum Coordinator been hired? Salaries have been a problem in hiring SLHS faculty; has it been possible to offer more competitive salaries? Response, Actions: The visiting assistant temporary faculty line was converted into a tenure-track faculty line in Fall 2007. A new tenure-track faculty member with needed expertise in speech and hearing science has been hired for the 2008-2009 academic year.

Both tenured SLHS faculty received a salary adjustment based on the General Speech Communication CUPA data as a result of the Metro State Salary Equity Parity Plan implemented during the 2006-2007 academic year. However, SLHS faculty salaries have not been adjusted/ differentiated relative to peers in the SLHS discipline. No additional resources for a clinical practicum coordinator have been initiated.

9. Has it been possible for SLHS to participate in the Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders (CAPCSD)? If not, what resources are needed? This is important in enabling faculty to stay abreast of developments in the field and add to the credibility of SLHS students applying to graduate schools. Response: No funding has been allocated for SLHS faculty to participate in the CAPCSD. To facilitate this process the program would need to be allocated approximately $2000 in additional resources each year that are specifically designated for this purpose. These funds would cover the $350 annual membership and travel/lodging expenses for at least one of the program faculty to attend the annual CAPCSD national conference each year.

10. Many of the concerns raised in the review relate to needs for laboratory equipment and space. Which equipment and space needs have been addressed, and what is still needed? Response, Actions: A double-walled, sound-treated test booth was constructed in WC 266 in early Fall 2008 and will be used to provide audiological services. An additional office space was constructed in WC 266. The space temporarily houses the office of a tenure-track faculty member, but may transition to an office where students serve individuals with speech and/or language needs. Laboratory spaces for select SLHS courses (SPE 1610, 1620, 2530, 3610) have yet to be identified. An on-going need of the SLHS program is one well-equipped laboratory room for the speech and hearing science course as well as a room to serve American Sign Language and Audiology II students.

To evaluate hearing, a PC-based, two-channel clinical audiometer was purchased along with a set of sound-field speakers and insert earphones. To enhance the laboratory experiences of students in speech and hearing science, 25 concurrent network licenses of Speech Station II


software were purchased, along with three copies of Auditory Interactivities, a single copy of Adobe Audition 2.0 and 15 Cyber-Acoustic headsets with boom microphones. At present, these software packages are installed on computers in one of Metro State’s computer labs and/or professors’ computers. An on-going equipment need of the SLHS program is a bank of 10 personal computers, housed within a speech science laboratory, where the software packages can be organized and made accessible to students.

To support community outreach and screening activities at the Auraria Early Learning Center and in public schools, the following speech/language assessment tools were purchased: Preschool-Language Scale-4, Rossetti Infant-Toddler Language Scale and Kindergarten Language Screening Test-2. Additionally, the Hodson Phonological Assessment and the Assessment of Phonological Awareness tests were purchased to support student learning in newly revised coursework targeting phonetics, phonological awareness and speech sound disorders. An additional video-camcorder was purchased that will enable students to record and share examples of their work with clients on internship sites.

11. What, if any, improvements in professional development funding and opportunities for faculty have been possible? Response, Actions: Tenured faculty members have continued to apply for and receive professional development funding ($400-$1100) through the LAS Deans office per academic year per faculty member. Tenured, tenure-track faculty and visiting professors have also received between $300 and $600 during the past two years through extended campus funding. No additional funding or specific improvements in professional development funding opportunities have become available for SLHS faculty.

12. Please list other actions taken that you would like to have mentioned. Response: SLHS faculty have relocated into WC 266 which contains office space for the three tenured/tenure-track faculty members to work together. This improved location also has space for small group meetings, student tutoring sessions and the audiometric evaluation suite.

Approval was received for a “SLHS Leveling Certificate” in spring 2008.

Faculty have significantly revised the online version of SPE 2890 language acquisition in terms of module content, assignments and exams to improve “equivalency” of the on-campus and online versions of this course.

Program faculty met with Dr. Ali Thobhani, Executive Director in Metro’s Office of International Studies to discuss the proposed exchange program with the University of Chile School of Speech Pathology and Audiology. Unfortunately, we learned that Metro State is not able to enter into agreements under which international students that attend Metropolitan State College of Denver pay tuition at their home institutions. International students who attend MSCD are required to pay the standard out of state tuition. Students from the University of Chile could not proceed with the proposed exchange program under these conditions so the proposal was discontinued at this time.

Faculty members are working with the Office of Sponsored Programs to initiate a SLHS Annual Scholarship program. This program will involve an alumni outreach and fundraising component.


AGENDA ITEM: Academic Program Review Report for AY 2007-08 (Planning Theme Two; also One, Three, and Four)

ISSUE: Annually MSCD submits to the Trustees the results of the reviews of those programs evaluated during the academic year. The Colorado Commission on Higher Education (CCHE) requires that the program review results be presented to the Trustees.

BACKGROUND: According to CRS 23-1-107 (3),

Each governing board of the state-supported institutions of higher education shall submit to the commission [Colorado Commission on Higher Education] a plan describing the procedures and schedule for periodic program reviews and evaluation of each academic program at each institution consistent with the statewide expectations and goals specified in section 23-13-104 [Statewide expectations and goals for higher education] and the role and mission of each institution. The information to be provided to the commission shall include, but shall not be limited to, the procedures for using internal and external evaluators, the sequence of such reviews, and the anticipated use of the evaluations.

MSCD’s policy and procedures for program review are contained in Section 5.4 of the Metropolitan State College of Denver Trustees’ Policy Manual.

The College Program Review Committee (CPRC) of Metropolitan State College of Denver completed the reviews of five programs during the academic year 2007-08. The CPRC followed the same process that it has used for many years. During 2007-08, three in the School of Letters, Arts, and Sciences and four programs in the School of Professional Studies were reviewed. The four programs within the Teacher Education Department are combined in one Executive summary below.

School of Letters, Arts & Sciences Programs Reviewed During the 2007-08 Academic Year Chemistry Human Development Theatre

School of Professional Studies Programs Reviewed During the 2007-08 Academic Year Special Education (B.A. degree) Early Childhood Education (licensure) Elementary Education (licensure) Secondary Education (licensure)

Overview of the Program Review Process

Program Review Packet Program faculty and external consultants were provided a program review packet that contained data gathered by MSCD’s Office of Institutional Research and other administrative units, a narrative written by program faculty in response to a series of questions, results of the assessment of student academic achievement, faculty resumes, and other information deemed helpful for the review. The data provided by OIR includes, in addition to the data similar to that provided to the Trustees, information on how often each course in the program was taught during the previous five years; how often each course was taught in the fall, spring, and summer; and the number of students enrolled. Information about the number of times the course was taught by part-time faculty, full-time faculty and others is also provided as are the grade distributions for each course.


The Role of Surveys Surveys Used. The results of several surveys were also available to the external consultant and the members of the College Program Review Committee. Graduates who had received their degrees two to five years prior to the program review were sent two surveys, a standardized survey used for all programs (geared toward General Studies assessment) and a survey specific to the program with parts that were designed by program faculty. Graduates were also provided with a survey to give to their employers/supervisors. Seniors were sent two surveys: one asking questions about their major, the other asking about their experiences at MSCD (also used for General Studies assessment). Survey results from yet another survey, the Recent Graduates Survey, are also used during the review. (The Recent Graduates survey is sent out to all MSCD graduates in the spring, approximately a year after graduation; this is separate from the program review cycle surveys.)

Survey Results Analysis and Comparisons. As part of the program review process, the Office of Institutional Research analyzes the survey results to determine if there are significant differences in the way the graduates, employers, and seniors of the program being reviewed responded compared to the way the graduates, employers, and seniors of other programs responded. This analysis counteracts the consistently high or consistently low responses given to certain questions. During the review process, careful scrutiny is given to items where the responses are significantly different. All results mentioned that are not attributed to a consultant are considered statistically significant. Evaluation by External Consultants An external consultant, or in many cases, teams from accrediting organizations, played a crucial role in each review. The consultants were selected by the dean from among potential reviewers recommended by the programs' professional societies, accrediting agencies, or by program faculty. The Director of Program Review, in consultation with the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs – Curriculum and Programs, approved all choices.

The consultants spent at least a day on campus; most spent two. They met with students, faculty, the dean, the Provost, the College Program Review Committee, and, if possible, alumni and external advisory committee members. Some consultants attended classes and, after the instructor left, talked with the students. That way the students with whom the consultants spoke were not pre-selected and were free to speak their minds.

The College Program Review Committee (CPRC) Members of the CPRC studied the program review packets, the graduate, employer, and senior survey results, and the reports of the consultants or accreditation teams. The CPRC formulated a list of formal interview questions for program faculty based on the information it was provided and other information supplied by the Director of Program Review and/or the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs. Program faculty were interviewed in a formal meeting that lasted approximately two hours.

In 2007-08 the College Program Review Committee consisted of the following persons, recommended by the group they represented:

Jennifer Caine Aviation – Assistant Director of Program Review Ferdinand Fiofori Marketing – School of Business representative Richard Moeller Political Science – School of Letters, Arts and Sciences representative Lisa Ortiz Technical Communications – School of Professional Studies

representative Tian Xiansheng History – Provost’s appointment


Patricia Tucker Computer Science – Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee representative

Richard Wagner Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs – Curriculum and Programs, Chair

Reports of the Consultant and the College Program Review Committee Both the external consultant and the CPRC were asked to describe the strengths and weaknesses of the program's role and mission or goals, curriculum, students, faculty, and institutional support. The Director of Program Review summarized their reports.

Actions Taken The concerns and recommendations of the consultant(s) and the CPRC were discussed at a meeting attended by the chair or director of the program, the dean of the school, the associate dean of the school, the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, and the Provost.

Subsequent to that meeting, the dean and department chair made a formal written response to the concerns and recommendations.

ANALYSIS: The results of the program reviews for the seven programs reviewed during the 2007-08 academic year are summarized on the following pages.


EXPLANATION OF ACADEMIC PROGRAM REVIEW WORKSHEET

Program Productivity Measures

1. Program Majors a. Total number of students who first declared this program as their major in the summer,

fall or spring term of the given year, whether they continued in the major or not during that year.

b. Total number of majors who were in this major in any of the five previous years and who are still in the program in the summer, fall or spring term (i.e., "old" majors).

c. Percent of total majors who are new majors. d. Percent of total majors who are continuing. e. Total majors in the program by class rank (freshmen, sophomore, etc.) at the end of the

last term of the reported year in which they were enrolled. f. Total majors in the program for the summer, fall and spring terms (= 1a. + 1b.).

2. Program Graduates1 a. Number of native2 graduates from the program for the fiscal year3. b. Number of non-native graduates from the program for the fiscal year. c. Total number of graduates within the program for the fiscal year. d. The total program graduates divided by the total majors in the program (= 2c. / 1c.).

3. Credits to Graduation (Excludes Double Majors1 and Students Seeking a Second Degree) a. Mean number of total credits to degree for all program graduates for the fiscal year

(based on graduates counted in 2.c.). b. Mean number of total credits to degree for native program graduates for the fiscal year

(based on graduates counted in 2.a.).

4. Program Minors a. Total number of students who declared this minor in the summer, fall or spring term of

the reported year. b. Total number of students who graduated with this minor in the summer, fall or spring

term.

5. Credit Hour Production (State-Funded) Total state-funded credit hours produced by the program during the summer, fall and spring terms.

6. Credit Hour Production (Cash-Funded) Total cash-funded credit hours produced by the program during the summer, fall and spring terms.

7. Full-Year FTE Students State-funded, cash-funded, and total student credit hours produced by a program during the fiscal year, divided by 30.

1Double majors count as a whole graduate in each degree program. They count only once if they are earning a degree in two or more areas of emphasis within the same major.

2“Native” = students who began and completed their degree at the same institution, and earned the majority of their credits from that institution (i.e., NOT transfer students).

3"Fiscal Year” = summer, fall, and spring terms.


8. Number of Classes Offered (Fall and Spring Semesters) Includes courses by prefix and/or faculty associated with the program. Excludes summer terms. Excludes field experiences, internships, practica, independent studies, cooperative education, study abroad, readings, self-paced instruction, private instruction, and correspondence courses.

9. Average Class Size (Fall and Spring Semesters) The total number of headcount students divided by the number of classes offered.

Program Efficiency Measures

10. Faculty FTE (State-Funded) Number of FTE faculty (includes full time, part time, both tenure/tenure track and temporary) allocated to the program by function. This includes instructional and non-instructional (e.g., faculty department chairs with reassign time for administrative duties). This number should reflect all faculty contributing directly to the program. d. The percent of the instructional FTE Faculty (10. a. total) that are tenured or tenure-

track.

11. Support Staff FTE The FTE staff (i.e., clerical, laboratory technician) supporting the program.

12. Faculty Load for Full-Time Faculty – Fall and Spring Semesters (State-Funded) The average faculty load per FTE faculty in Type A1 courses in the program for the fall semesters, as measured by: a. Average credit hours for full-time faculty in Type A courses. b. Average contact hours (weekly teaching courses) for full-time faculty in Type A

courses. The faculty load in Type B1 courses for the fall semester as measured by: c. Total enrollment in Type B instruction taught by full-time faculty divided into Online

and Other.

13. Student FTE/Faculty FTE The annualized Student FTE divided by the total faculty FTE (= 7. / 10.c.).

14. Percent of Fall and Spring Credit Hour Production by Faculty Type The percent of the fall and spring credit hour production produced by tenured or tenure-track faculty, other full-time faculty (temporary faculty or lecturers), and part-time faculty (including administrators who taught).

15. Program Costs (State-Funded) a. The program cost = annual program personnel expenditures + annual operating

expenditures + 5 year average of capital expenditures. These numbers include tuition and state funded dollars only.

b. Item 15.a. divided by 5.d.

1Type A instruction refers to roomed courses; e.g. lectures, labs, etc. taught on campus or at a state-funded approved off-campus physical location. Type B instruction refers to all other instructional delivery modes.


METROPOLITAN STATE COLLEGE OF DENVER EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE PROGRAM REVIEW OF THE

CHEMISTRY PROGRAM September 2008

Program Goals Metropolitan State College of Denver’s Chemistry Program ! offers a B.S. and a B.A. in Chemistry and a B.S. in Chemistry with a Criminalistics concentration ! provides students the opportunity to earn American Chemical Society certification upon graduation ! prepares students for graduate study in Chemistry and Criminalistics ! offers a minor in Chemistry and one in Criminalistics

Program Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes The department administers American Chemical Society’s standardized national examinations in general, analytical, organic, and physical chemistry in the appropriate courses. The results enable comparison of the performance of their students and majors with those of chemistry students nationally.

Selected Survey Results Favorable ! Graduates’ satisfaction with preparation for graduate or professional school. ! Graduates’ ability to use and interpret numerical data, their ability to live and work in a technological

society, awareness of the principal achievements in the natural sciences, and interest in lifelong learning

! Seniors’ satisfaction with their overall Metro State experience and their ability to work on their own. Results of Concern ! Graduates’ and seniors’ satisfaction with instructional facilities such as classrooms, labs and

equipment ! Seniors’ satisfaction with the degree to which attending Metro State increased their abilities to work

with others, communicate with and learn from specialists in other fields, write clearly, or manage time effectively

Strengths Identified Through the Review Process ! The Chemistry Program is approved by the American Chemical Society Committee on Professional

Training (ACS-CPT) which enables the department to grant ACS certification to B.S. graduates who follow a specified curriculum.

! The Forensic Science Education Programs Accreditation Commission (FEPAC) accredits the B.S. Chemistry Criminalistics Concentration. This concentration is an extended major (no minor required) for those wishing to work as analysts in law enforcement laboratories or in the field. Criminalistics majors are required to complete internships in forensic laboratories. This concentration is excellent preparation for graduate school and for other professions such as medicine or law.

! The external consultant rated the program above average in the quality of the curriculum, well above average in potential, its importance in general education, and as part of other programs at Metro State.

! Chemistry doctorates earned by Metro State graduates from 1980-2005 averaged nearly one per year; 18 received doctorates in this period. This compares favorably nationwide with the departments of many well-known colleges and universities.

! Five courses are approved as state-guaranteed General Studies Level II - Natural Science courses. Two other courses are approved as Level II General Studies - Natural Science courses.

! Chemistry courses are required in a wide range of academic programs at Metro State. ! The department hosts an annual Chemistry Day, providing high school students with an opportunity

to compete in activities that test their knowledge of chemistry. ! Successful outreach activities include grant sponsored programs designed to improve science

education including STEPS, for minority students, Urban Teacher Partnership (UTP formerly TQE), with Denver Public Schools, and American Chemical Society Project SEED, for high school students.


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! Faculty collaborate with federal (e.g., National Renewable Energy Laboratories - NREL), state (e.g., Colorado Bureau of Investigation) and municipal (e.g., City of Denver Crime Laboratory) agencies.

! The program has a strong American Chemistry Society Student Affiliate chapter.

Concerns Identified By the Process, Recommendations, and Actions Taken ! To retain ACS-CPT approval it is essential that undergraduate research is included in the program.

Recommendations: The external and internal reviewers recommend that more research be required. Chemistry faculty are considering a requirement that B.S. Chemistry candidates (other than Criminalistics) to take the course Senior Experience in Chemistry, renamed as Research Experience.

! The program does not have a high field NMR spectrometer, considered essential to maintain ACS-CPT approval. A high field instrument is needed to support an undergraduate research program. Such a spectrometer, preferably 400 MHz, costs approximately $400,000. Recommendation, Plans and Actions: The reviewers recommended that the Department and College explore ways to obtain funding for a spectrometer, including NSF grants. Metro State faculty and interested UCD Chemistry department faculty are planning to resubmit grant proposals to the NSF in January 2009 for a 400 MHz NMR spectrometer. In August 2008, a Chemistry professor obtained an adequate NMR spectrophotometer as a donation from NREL. It is being stored until the department moves into the new Science Building. In the interim, Metro State Chemistry has a cooperative agreement with UCD Chemistry to use the latter’s 200 MHz NMR spectrometer.

! Contact hour/credit hour equality is a concern of the ACS and the department. Unlike most chemistry programs, which employ teaching assistants for lab classes, Metro State faculty teach all lab courses. The credit/contact hours are such that faculty who teach lab courses have twice the contact hours per credit hour compared with lecture courses. This was also a concern of the previous program review. Recommendation: Metro State should reconsider the way in which faculty credit/contact hours are allocated for laboratory courses; credit hour/contact hour parity needs to be addressed college-wide.

! Program faculty consider the learning assessment data currently used to be of marginal value. Recommendation and Plans: Chemistry majors should be required to take a cumulative senior exam to better assess student learning. Rather than develop its own “exit” examination for majors or continue using ACS examinations as part of a capstone course, the Chemistry department is considering using the recently developed DUCK (Diagnostic Undergraduate Chemistry Knowledge) exam or the Educational Testing Service Major Topic exam as a means of evaluating the cumulative knowledge (in chemistry) of its graduating majors. Faculty should consult with the Metro State’s recently hired Director of Student Learning Assessment to further discuss assessment

! The external consultant observed that the program has too few faculty and that faculty of color are underrepresented. Low starting salaries are likely a factor. Recommendation and Plans: The external consultant recommended at least one additional full-time faculty be hired each year, a considered unrealistic by the LAS dean. New faculty lines for Fall 2009 have been requested. With regard to the director for Criminalistics, a director who is not a Ph.D. chemist or forensic scientist might be acceptable for the short term but for the program to retain accreditation, and to be preeminent, a person with a Ph.D. and strong forensic credentials is needed.

! The external consultant and the CPRC noted department needs for nonacademic staff and resources for instrument and equipment maintenance, stockroom administration, and office support. Recommendation: The consultant and the CPRC recommended hiring an instrument technician, a stock room manager and additional staffing for the office.



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Academic Program Review Data for Chemistry Program Productivity Measures 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

1. Program Majors a. New Majors 158 161 152 150 123 b. Retained Majors 168 189 195 192 201 c. New Majors as % of Total Majors 48.47% 46.00% 43.80% 43.86% 37.96% d. Retained Majors as % Total Majors 51.53% 54.00% 56.20% 56.14% 62.04% e. Majors by Class Rank * Freshmen 88 90 78 83 65 * Sophomores 50 69 83 72 64 * Juniors 72 63 65 62 68 * Seniors 116 128 121 125 127 f. Total Majors 326 350 347 342 324 2. Program Graduates a. Number of Native Graduates 7 8 10 6 11 b. Number of Non-native Graduates 21 26 17 25 24 c. Total Number of Graduates 28 34 27 31 35 d. Graduates as a % of Total Majors 8.59% 9.71% 7.78% 9.06% 10.80% 3. Median Credits to Graduation a. For all program graduates 138.50 145.00 143.00 154.00 151.00 b. For native program graduates 141.00 131.50 147.00 142.00 148.00 4. Program Minors a. Declared Minors 263 296 310 347 362 b. Graduating Minors 41 61 52 74 79 5. Credit Hour Production (State-Funded) a. Summer Semester

Lower Division 886 635 773 740 716 Upper Division 711 911 989 846 901 Total - Summer 1,597 1,546 1,762 1,586 1,617

b. Fall Semester

Lower Division 2,518 2,978 2,963 3,062 3,535 Upper Division 2,075 2,212 2,155 2,367 2,267 Total - Fall 4,593 5,190 5,118 5,429 5,802

c. Spring Semester

Lower Division 2,784 2,970 2,707 3,277 3,227 Upper Division 1,832 1,961 2,114 2,094 2,242 Total - Spring 4,616 4,931 4,821 5,371 5,469

d. Total

Lower Division 6,188 6,583 6,443 7,079 7,478 Upper Division 4,618 5,084 5,258 5,307 5,410 All Semesters 10,806 11,667 11,701 12,386 12,888

6. Credit Hour Production (Cash-Funded)

Lower Division 0 0 0 0 0 Upper Division 3 3 3 9 3 All Semesters 3 3 3 9 3



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CHE Productivity Measures, continued 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

7. Full-Year FTE Students a. State-funded 360.20 388.90 390.03 412.87 429.60 b. Cash-funded 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.30 0.10 c. Total 360.30 389.00 390.13 413.17 429.70 8. Number of Classes Offered (Fall and Spring Semesters) a. Lower Division 55 63 70 67 72 b. Upper Division 71 79 78 79 82 c. Total 126 142 148 146 154 9. Average Class Size (Fall and Spring Semesters) a. Lower Division 27.0 27.4 23.8 25.8 28.4 b. Upper Division 18.7 18.6 18.7 19.3 18.8 c. Total 22.3 22.5 21.1 22.3 23.3 10. Faculty FTE a. Instructional

Full-time tenured or tenure track 8.75 8.75 10.00 9.58 11.55 Other full-time 2.00 3.20 3.40 3.30 2.00 Part time 2.30 3.03 3.18 5.43 6.11

b. Non-instructional - - - - - c. Total 13.05 14.98 16.58 18.31 19.66 d. % of Instructional FTE Tenured 51.7% 45.1% 42.2% 35.2% 31.2% 11. Support Staff FTE 1.65 2.44 2.52 2.92 3.21 12. Faculty Load for Full-Time Faculty – Fall Semester a. Avg Credit Hrs (Type A Courses) 18.3 19.9 17.7 20.5 19.8 b. Avg Contact Hrs (Type A Courses) 26.6 29.8 26.9 30.0 29.0 c. Total Headcount (Type B Courses) i. Online 82 68 58 123 118 ii. Other 181 167 153 224 180 13. Student FTE/Faculty FTE 27.60 25.96 23.52 22.55 21.85 14. Percent of Fall and Spring CHP by faculty type a. Tenured or Tenure Track Faculty 61.45% 58.97% 55.60% 50.29% 52.97% b. Other Full-time Faculty 6.84% 7.96% 6.97% 12.37% 11.70% c. Part-Time Faculty 16.32% 23.50% 28.27% 35.90% 35.33% d. Temporary Lecturers 15.39% 7.58% 8.65% 0.00% 0.00% e. Administrative/Classified Personnel 0.00% 2.00% 0.50% 1.44% 0.00% 15. Program Costs a. Total Cost $1,062,254 $1,092,815 $1,275,160 $1,318,577 $1,417,221 b. Cost per Credit Hour $98.30 $93.67 $108.98 $106.46 $109.96



HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM September 2008

Program Goals Metro State’s Human Development Program, approved as a new program in 2001, ! offers comprehensive coursework in leading to a B.A. in Human Development) ! provides graduates with in-depth knowledge of theory, research, and application in human

development ! prepares students for postgraduate education, careers in early childhood and elementary education,

child care, and other social services areas Program Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes Assessment consists of a survey that assesses the student’s perception of learning, and instructor ratings of written and oral presentations in Senior Thesis in Human Development (the senior experience course). Selected Survey Results Favorable ! Graduates’ high degree of satisfaction with instructional facilities and equipment for the major ! The number of times during their last 18-30 credit hours at Metro State, seniors took a course that

included writing ! Seniors’ positive response when rating their satisfaction with opportunities to participate in class ! Seniors’ positive response when rating their satisfaction with the availability of clubs related to major Results of Concern ! Seniors’ degree of satisfaction with interaction with faculty outside of class for academic advising ! Seniors’ awareness of the principal achievements, concepts, and issues in the natural sciences and

their awareness of basic methods, problems, and attitudes of different fields of knowledge” ! Graduates’ satisfaction with the way Metro State prepared them for employment ! Seniors’ satisfaction with the availability of required courses on weekends Strengths Identified Through the Review Process ! The Human Development major is interdisciplinary. It provides an in-depth education for students

interested in all stages of human development. ! The major requires a core of 18 semester hours including 12 in psychology and at least one course in

each of five distribution areas: developmental foundations, developmental breadth, health issues, social influences, and cultural context. Majors choose one of five concentrations: Graduate School, Applied, Applied – Gerontology, Early Childhood Education, or Elementary Education, each of which requires a minimum of 9 additional credits totaling 42-43. The Early Childhood Education and Elementary Education tracks are of particular value as majors for teacher licensure candidates.

! Human Development faculty, Early Childhood Teacher Education faculty, the Clayton Foundation, and the Community College of Denver (CCD) formed a partnership to provide academic, financial, and advisory support to full-time teaching staff in Denver nonprofit childcare centers. This helps students progress from child care credentials and community college courses to four-year degrees in Human Development with an Early Childhood minor or licensure at Metro State.

! The full-time Human Development tenured and tenure-track faculty have an impressive array of publications in several areas related to different aspects of human development. They are active in research relevant to the program. One tenure-track faculty was added in Fall 2008.

! A recently retired Human Development faculty member’s “Tools of the Mind” program is used in school districts around the country. This program was named an exemplary educational intervention by the International Bureau of Education, UNESCO, United Nations in 2001.

! Nine courses required in the Human Development major may be taken online. To ensure the quality of online classes, only tenure-track and tenured faculty develop and teach courses online. One faculty member is teaching the same course online and in the classroom and evaluating the equivalence of learning in the two sections.


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! The Human Development website is informative, comprehensive, and easy to navigate. Concerns Identified By the Process, Recommendations, and Actions Taken ! Since approval as a new program in 2001, a need for several curriculum changes has become

apparent. This includes more statistics and a greater emphasis on social development. The consultant also considered that there are not enough field experiences or laboratory components in the program. Recommendations, Plans and Actions: Several changes are being made in response to departmental evaluation and reviewers’ recommendations. These include additional statistics and social development content in the core of required courses and deleting Human Biology for Non-Majors and Introduction to Sociology from the core. Developmental Research Methods will become a “gateway” course to ensure students in the upper division courses have the required background. Implementation of the consultant’s recommendation to increase field experiences or laboratory components in some courses is problematic given limitations of credit hours for teacher licensure students.

! Although the Human Development major has five tracks (to be renamed concentrations) the majority of students are in the two education licensure tracks with very few in the others. An associated concern expressed by the external consultant was that students were not receiving enough information about career options. Recommendations and Plans: Strategies being considered to attract more students to the tracks not associated with teacher preparation include developing an online “Careers in Human Development” module such as that for the Psychology program. A lecture on “Careers in Human Development” could be included in Introduction to Psychology courses and advisors for the Human Development program could be asked to emphasize to students the variety of career choices available to those with a degree in Human Development. By enhancing students’ understanding of the range of careers in the Human Development field, it is hoped that more students may be attracted to non-teacher education tracks.

! The external and internal reviewers were concerned that assessment of majors is limited to a survey in the senior experience course. Recommendation, Plans and Actions: Human Development faculty have discussed developing a content exam to directly assess students’ knowledge of core theories and concepts, knowledge of research methods and statistics. A draft exam was developed but it was not piloted or revised. The external consultant recommended development and implementation of this exam. Faculty will revisit the exam with the intent of using it for the first time in Spring 2009. Faculty should consult with the Metro State’s recently hired Director of Student Learning Assessment to further discuss assessment.

! The Clayton Foundation partnership has had problems largely due to students participating in the grant taking too many courses at the Community College of Denver (CCD), This makes it difficult to for them to complete the degree at Metro State due to limitations of the number of credit hours which can be transferred from CCD. At present, CCD is the only community college participating in the partnership. Recommendation Plans and Actions The CPRC recommended faculty develop formal articulation agreements with interested community colleges, including CCD, which clearly spell out how many and which courses can be transferred to Metro State. A faculty member in the Human Development program has attempted to work with CCD to improve the quality of advising that students taking classes at CCD receive.

! The relationship with the Sociology, Anthropology and Behavioral Science Department has been strained in terms of curriculum changes and that with Teacher Education has had difficulties. Actions: Faculty in each department have worked collaboratively to work out their differences and the relationships are much improved.


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Academic Program Review Data for Human Development Program Productivity Measures 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

1. Program Majors a. New Majors 40 86 90 139 137 b. Retained Majors 15 37 82 116 182 c. New Majors as % of Total Majors 72.73% 69.92% 52.33% 54.51% 42.95% d. Retained Majors as % Total Majors 27.27% 30.08% 47.67% 45.49% 57.05% e. Majors by Class Rank * Freshmen 11 26 36 46 52 * Sophomores 13 29 28 74 64 * Juniors 19 37 57 63 94 * Seniors 12 31 51 72 109 f. Total Majors 55 123 172 255 319 2. Program Graduates a. Number of Native Graduates 0 1 5 5 8 b. Number of Non-native Graduates 3 7 21 13 32 c. Total Number of Graduates 3 8 26 18 40 d. Graduates as a % of Total Majors 5.45% 6.50% 15.12% 7.06% 12.54% 3. Median Credits to Graduation a. For all program graduates 137.00 125.00 136.00 123.00 132.50 b. For native program graduates 0.00 121.00 129.00 124.00 121.50 4. Program Minors a. Declared Minors 0 0 0 0 0 b. Graduating Minors 0 0 0 0 0 Note: Human Development courses are primarily psychology (PSY) courses. Some Psychology faculty are assigned to the Human Development program, but are identified as belonging to Psychology. Therefore, specific information about credit hour production, student and faculty FTE, and costs are not calculated.


METROPOLITAN STATE COLLEGE OF DENVER EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE PROGRAM REVIEW OF

TEACHER EDUCATION October 2008

Program Goals The Teacher Education Department " prepares and recommends candidates to the Colorado Department of Education for initial teacher

licensure and endorsement to teach in Colorado public schools in ! Early Childhood Education (preschool through 3rd grade) ! Elementary Education (K-6th grade) ! K-12 Education (art, music, physical education) ! Secondary Education (7-12th grade Math, Science, Social Studies, English, Modern Languages), and ! Special Education, Generalist (ages 5 through 21)

" offers a Bachelor of Arts degree in Special Education (approved in 2002) " offers minors in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Secondary Education, Special

Education, and Linguistically Diverse Education. Program Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes To assess learning related to the Performance-Based Standards for Colorado Teachers and the Specialized Professional Association Standards the department uses Place/Praxis Scores, Dispositions Review, Portfolio, Field Experience Evaluations, Teacher Work Sample, and Student Teaching Evaluations. Students document their learning using an electronic portfolio, LiveText. Selected Survey Results Favorable ! Students’ satisfaction with the field experiences, including student teaching ! Secondary education graduates satisfaction with instructional facilities and equipment ! Elementary education graduates were highly rated by their employers with respect to their abilities to

write clearly, work independently, plan, and learn new skills Results of Concern ! Graduates’ and seniors’ dissatisfaction with the electronic portfolio assessment tool LiveText. ! Special Education satisfaction with the degree to which their experiences at MSCD increased their

awareness of basic methods, problems, and attitudes of different fields of knowledge Strengths Identified Through the Review Process ! The Teacher Education Department (TED) is fully accredited by the National Council for the

Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and all programs have been approved by the Colorado Department of Education and the Colorado Commission on Higher Education. The department was reaccredited for five years by NCATE in Spring 2007.

! Baccalaureate and post-baccalaureate candidates (teacher licensure candidates who are already college graduates) may complete teacher licensure by completing the appropriate licensure courses.

! Other than Special Education majors, degree-seeking teacher licensure candidates receive the content and professional knowledge needed by completing degrees in academic departments and licensure programs in Early Childhood, Elementary, K-12 (Art, Music, Physical Education), Secondary (Math, Science, Social Studies, English, and Modern Languages).

! The completion of a licensure program, including student teaching, a passing score on the appropriate content exam, and the completion of a bachelor’s degree in an approved major or content area (post-baccalaureate) enables a prospective candidate to apply to the Colorado Department of Education for teacher licensure in the designated endorsement area.

! The Special Education (SED) faculty work closely with the Director of the Colorado Accelerated Special Education Licensure (CASEL) Program. CASEL is a cash-funded Teacher-in-Residence program administered through the Metro State Extended Campus. Courses for the CASEL program are the same as those developed for the Metro State on-campus post-baccalaureate licensure program.


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! Secondary Education (EDS) faculty participate, in conjunction with content area faculty and the Denver Public Schools, in the grant-sponsored Urban Teacher Partnership (UTP formerly TQE).

! Early Childhood Education (ECE) faculty, Metro State Human Development faculty, the Clayton Foundation, and the Community College of Denver formed a partnership to provide academic, financial, and advisory support to full-time teaching staff in Denver nonprofit childcare centers. This helps students progress from child care credentials and community college courses to four year degrees in Human Development with Early Childhood licensure at Metro State.

Concerns Identified By the Process, Recommendations, and Actions Taken ! The department has begun extensive curriculum revisions in all areas in response to state and

accreditation changes and recommendations but has been slow in implementing the changes. Plans and Actions: An EDS packet has been approved by the Faculty Senate. An SED packet has been completed, submitted to the department committee and should be through all curriculum committees by the end of Fall 2008. The ECE curriculum packet is expected to be complete and ready for submission to the department committee by January 2009.

! SED majors and all teacher licensure candidates are assessed using an electronic portfolio, LiveText. Faculty and students have expressed dissatisfaction with it; faculty were exploring alternatives.

Recommendations, Plans, and Actions: The CPRC recommended TED faculty investigate other options, which they did and decided on a new, simpler, version of LiveText. In summer 2008 the new version was piloted and refined; the Dean also allocated funds for faculty to attend workshops and work sessions for LiveText. A new educational technology faculty member is working closely with the LiveText coordinator. He understands the system exceptionally well and has reserved office hours to be available to faculty and students. Two people in the Education Resource Center are also available to assist faculty and students with LiveText.

! SED majors and students in all licensure areas are less ethnically diverse than the school (~13% students of color for SED, ~19% ECE, ~17% ELE, ~11.5% EDS vs. ~24% for the School of Professional Studies) and very much less so than Denver Public Schools (~80%) where many student teachers are placed. The female vs. male ratio of SED, ECE, and ELE students is also very unbalanced.

Recommendations, Plans, and Actions: Through the UTP grant, TED faculty are working on recruiting diverse teacher candidates. Faculty are also discussing creating a Center for Urban Education. Part of the function of this center would be recruitment of diverse candidates.

! The number of tenured/tenure-track faculty positions is insufficient to meet the clear demand for teachers throughout Colorado. Enrollment cannot continue to increase without more faculty. Recommendations, Plans and Actions: CPRC Recommendation: Special Education - two more tenure-track faculty as soon as possible and, ideally, one new full-time position per year over the next five years.

Actions and Plans: Two faculty, one tenure-track and one full-time visiting, began in Fall 2008. The visiting position will be advertised as a tenure track line to begin in Fall 2009. SED will also be advertising for a tenure track faculty member to replace a recently retired faculty member.

CPRC Recommendation: Early Childhood - one more tenure-track faculty position as soon as possible. Actions and Plans: A visiting faculty member was hired and began work in Fall 2008. This position will be advertised as tenure-track for Fall 2009.

CPRC Recommendation: Elementary Education - two additional tenure-track faculty as soon as possible, with an additional four tenure-track positions over the next five years.

Actions and Plans: Two tenure-track faculty began in Fall 2008, as did a full-time visiting faculty member. The visiting faculty position will be advertised as tenure track to begin in Fall 2009.

CPRC Recommendation: Secondary Education - two more tenure-track faculty as soon as possible; with additional full-time positions added over the next five years.

Actions and Plans: A tenure-track faculty member began Fall 2008, as did two part-time visiting faculty. Two tenure-track positions will be advertised for Fall 2009.



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! The Teacher Education Department is large and complex with the SED degree and teacher licensure in ECE, ELE and EDS, and K-12 teacher licensure in art, music and physical education. Teacher education requires compliance with many state, federal, and local requirements. Before 2003, an Associate Dean provided leadership; responsibilities now shared by the department chair and the SPS dean.

Recommendations, Plans and Actions: The CPRC recommended reinstituting the Associate Dean position. However, the Leadership Advisory Council, two LAS faculty members and the LAS and SPS deans are examining the current TED structure and developing proposals for possible restructuring. The initial proposal (available as a separate draft document) is to obtain approval and funding to create four separate departments: Early Childhood, Elementary, and Linguistically Diverse Education; Secondary Education and Educational Technology; Special Education; and Adult Education and Reading, at an estimated cost of $36,309. A dual appointment structure for teacher preparation faculty would be created so that content faculty are officially connected to teacher education and EDS faculty are officially connected to content areas. A center for urban teacher preparation would be created to continue and build on the work of the Urban Teacher Partnership grant. School partnerships would be run through the center as well as future grant activities. The 7-9 year goal is to develop a School of Education.

! Advising of teacher licensure students is very complex and problems have existed between advising in the content area departments and TED.

Actions: During the 2007-2008 academic year, the SPS and LAS Deans formed the Professional Education Advisory Council (PEAC) which includes faculty from TED and LAS. Monthly meetings are designed to keep everyone involved in teacher licensure programs up-to-date on any changes. The group subdivided into key committees, one of them being advising. A small group of LAS and TED faculty meet regularly to ensure advising accuracy. Also the Teacher Application Center (TAC) coordinator has taken the lead in communicating advising issues and updates with TED and LAS faculty.

! Office support is limited, both in terms of personnel and space; the department has insufficient staff to adequately support the needs of faculty and students. The SED office suite is separate from other department offices which hinders faculty access to staff support.

Recommendations, Plans and Actions: The CPRC recommended additional staff members and reconfiguring of the office space to improve efficiency. An administrative staff member was added to the TAC in April 2008. This has alleviated the staff needs in the TAC but has not supported needs in other program areas. The Reading, ECE, SED and EDS areas are located in offices away from the main teacher education office and do not have administrative staff located in their office suites. Two more staff members need to be added to adequately staff these areas. Additional staff support will be requested this year.

! At one time, ECE or ELE students could complete field experiences with the Child Care Center (now the Auraria Early Learning Center), and the Child Development Center (now CCD Children’s College), which is no longer possible. These two facilities are ideally located for this purpose.

Recommendations, Plans and Actions: The CPRC recommended looking into possibly reestablishing these arrangements, which appears unlikely. The Clayton Foundation is being explored as a relatively close partner. A department-wide partnership with Trevista ECE-8th Grade School was created. Faculty from the ECE, ELE, physical education, music and EDS licensure areas have placed students at this school. Faculty from all licensure areas and from LAS will be conducting professional development activities with students and faculty at Trevista this academic year. Stevens Elementary has also partnered with Metro State exclusively as of this fall; some special and elementary education students are placed there.

! In-service teachers need graduate level courses to maintain their positions. Metro State faculty often teach courses for this purpose but must do so through arrangement with another institution.

Recommendation: The possibility of Metro State faculty being able to teach a limited number of graduate courses for this purpose should be explored by the administration and Board of Trustees.



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Academic Program Review Data for Teacher Education Program Productivity Measures 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

1. Program Licensure Students a. New 964 1,013 1,131 1,061 1,065 b. Retained 1,638 1,687 1,716 1,817 1,757 c. New as % of Total 37.05% 37.52% 39.73% 36.87% 37.74% d. Retained as % Total 62.95% 62.48% 60.27% 63.13% 62.26% e. by Class Rank * Freshmen 202 147 259 258 231 * Sophomores 333 279 290 331 344 * Juniors 461 504 492 477 516 * Seniors 888 949 1,070 1,144 1,089 * Licensure Only 718 821 736 668 642 f. Total 2,602 2,700 2,847 2,878 2,822 2. Program Graduates a. Number of Native Graduates - - - - - b. Number of Non-native Graduates - - - - - c. Total Number of Graduates - - - - - d. Graduates as a % of Total Majors - - - - - 3. Median Credits to Graduation a. For all program graduates - - - - - b. For native program graduates - - - - - 4. Program Minors a. Declared Minors 1,143 1,318 1,291 1,129 1,125 5. Credit Hour Production (State-Funded) a. Summer Semester

Lower Division 195 183 114 231 258 Upper Division 1,873 2,089 1,858 1,626 1,486 Total - Summer 2,068 2,272 1,972 1,857 1,744

b. Fall Semester

Lower Division 1,383 1,251 1,287 1,452 980 Upper Division 8,412 10,243 10,916 9,953 9,315 Total - Fall 9,795 11,494 12,203 11,405 10,295

c. Spring Semester

Lower Division 860 853 855 898 720 Upper Division 8,943 10,568 10,502 9,794 9,191 Total - Spring 9,803 11,421 11,357 10,692 9,911

d. Total

Lower Division 2,438 2,287 2,256 2,581 1,958 Upper Division 19,228 22,900 23,276 21,373 19,992 All Semesters 21,666 25,187 25,532 23,954 21,950


Lower Division 543 389 412 305 314 Upper Division 4,948 5,400 4,353 4,149 3,435 All Semesters 5,491 5,789 4,765 4,454 3,749



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7. Full-Year FTE Students a. State-funded 722 840 851 798 732 b. Cash-funded 183 193 159 148 125 c. Total 905 1,033 1,010 947 857 8. Number of Classes Offered (Fall and Spring Semesters) a. Lower Division 35 35 36 43 26 b. Upper Division 205 218 234 249 245 c. Total 240 253 270 292 271 9. Average Class Size (Fall and Spring Semesters) a. Lower Division 21.4 19.8 19.5 20.4 21.3 b. Upper Division 21.4 23.6 22.5 19.9 20.2 c. Total 21.4 23.1 22.1 20.0 20.3 10. Faculty FTE a. Instructional

Full-time tenured or tenure track 21.30 27.32 25.41 22.09 20.50 Other full-time 8.45 4.04 7.00 4.00 9.25 Part time 12.30 21.27 25.88 9.00 20.44

b. Non-instructional - - - - - c. Total 43.46 53.73 59.29 35.09 50.69 d. % of Instructional FTE Tenured 47.5% 39.8% 39.5% 26.9% 22.8% 11. Support Staff FTE 3.80 3.47 4.38 4.69 5.18 12. Faculty Load for Full-Time Faculty – Fall Semester a. Avg Credit Hrs (Type A Courses) 9.8 10.2 8.8 8.8 9.9 b. Avg Contact Hrs (Type A Courses) 11.3 11.8 10.2 10.4 11.4 c. Total Headcount (Type B Courses) i. Online 291 338 346 496 357 ii. Other 793 656 927 1148 751 13. Student FTE/Faculty FTE 16.6 15.6 14.4 22.7 14.4 14. Percent of Fall and Spring CHP by faculty type a. Tenured or Tenure Track Faculty 45.63% 37.88% 43.93% 49.54% 38.18% b. Other Full-time Faculty 21.80% 18.79% 14.42% 9.95% 16.55% c. Part-Time Faculty 20.37% 41.22% 40.14% 28.76% 23.95% d. Temporary Lecturers 4.74% 1.58% 1.52% 0.00% 0.00% e. Administrative/Classified Personnel 7.46% 0.52% 0.00% 11.76% 21.32% 15. Program Costs a. Total Cost $ 2573,303 $2,777,111 $2,964,781 $3,282,034 $3,173,990 b. Cost per Credit Hour $ 118.77 $ 110.26 $ 116.12 $ 137.01 $ 144.60



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Academic Program Review Data for Special Education (Majors) Productivity Measures 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08


Lower Division 48 66 - 150 123 Upper Division 576 685 774 579 498 Total - Summer 624 751 774 729 621

b. Fall Semester

Lower Division 199 132 168 150 162 Upper Division 1,449 1,731 1,869 1,734 1,620 Total - Fall 1,648 1,863 2,037 1,884 1,782

c. Spring Semester

Lower Division 147 84 66 174 159 Upper Division 1,416 1,729 1,788 1,649 1,591 Total - Spring 1,563 1,813 1,854 1,823 1,750

d. Total

Lower Division 394 282 234 474 444 Upper Division 3,441 4,145 4,431 3,962 3,709 All Semesters 3,835 4,427 4,665 4,436 4,153





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SED Productivity Measures, continued 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08


Full-time tenured or tenure track - - - - - Other full-time - - - - - Part time - - - - -

b. Non-instructional - - - - - c. Total - - - - - d. % of Instructional FTE Tenured - - - - - 11. Support Staff FTE - - - - - 12. Faculty Load for Full-Time Faculty – Fall Semester a. Avg Credit Hrs (Type A Courses) 5.4 6.4 8.0 8.3 8.8 b. Avg Contact Hrs (Type A Courses) 7.1 8.3 9.1 10.1 10.7 c. Total Headcount (Type B Courses) i. Online 186 258 204 212 181 ii. Other 56 128 102 149 122 13. Student FTE/Faculty FTE - - - - - 14. Percent of Fall and Spring CHP by faculty type a. Tenured or Tenure Track Faculty 48.49% 57.15% 40.71% 62.69% 47.42% b. Other Full-time Faculty 17.84% 12.98% 14.42% 6.80% 10.45% c. Part-Time Faculty 28.62% 29.87% 44.87% 25.33% 31.26% d. Temporary Lecturers 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% e. Administrative/Classified Personnel 5.05% 0.00% 0.00% 5.18% 10.87% 15. Program Costs a. Total Cost $367,363 $353,782 $379,554 $486,385 $561,383

b. Cost per Credit Hour $ 95.79

$79.91 $81.36 $109.64 $135.18



THEATRE PROGRAM September 2008

Program Goals Metro State’s Theatre Program ! offers comprehensive coursework leading to either a B.A. or a B.F.A. in Theatre ! offers Music Theatre and Applied Theatre Technology and Design concentrations within the B.F.A. ! provides graduates with in-depth knowledge of theory and application in theatre ! prepares students for a wide variety of careers in theatre, entertainment industries and related fields ! offers a minor in Theatre Program Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes B.F.A. majors are assessed through a comprehensive portfolio and performance procedure. To be admitted to the B.F.A. Music Theatre concentration, students must pass a music theatre performance audition before a jury panel. For admission to the B.F.A. Applied Theatre Technology and Design concentration, students submit a portfolio to a jury panel. B.A. Theatre majors do not receive regular assessments, other than through classes and productions. Selected Survey Results Favorable ! Seniors’ awareness of the principal achievements in the humanities ! Seniors’ satisfaction with the degree to which Metro State increased their abilities to think creatively. Results of Concern ! Graduates’ satisfaction with their preparation for employment ! Seniors’ ability to use and interpret numerical data ! Seniors’ satisfaction with the degree to which they increased their awareness of the awareness of

basic methods, problems, and attitudes of different fields of knowledge. Strengths Identified Through the Program Review ! Theatre was approved as a new major in 2003. The external consultant considers that the Theatre

program has reached the point that it should be established as a distinct academic department. He also considers the program to be ready for National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST) accreditation.

! Introduction to Theatre, approved as a General Studies Level II – Arts and Letters course and as a state guaranteed transfer course, is required by several other programs.

! In response to demand from students and potential employers, faculty propose to add a Stage Management concentration to the B.F.A. This would require few additional resources.

! The Theatre program shares space in the Kenneth King Academic and Performing Arts Center with the University of Colorado Denver (UCD) and the Community College of Denver. Metro State’s Theatre program has a dedicated production studio theatre (black box) and shares the Eugenia Rawls Courtyard Theatre, the King Center Recital Hall, Music/Dance Studio, and support facilities.

! Since its first production in 2001, the Theatre Program has presented four major productions in the King Center every year, as well as 10 to 15 one-act plays per semester in the ARTS Black Box. Another feature is at least one B.F.A. Music Theatre Showcase a year in the King Center Recital Hall.

! All Metro State students, regardless of major or minor, may audition for Theatre productions. ! Faculty have strong ties in the commercial theatre community as well as strong national ties in the

academic world. They are also involved with the wider community. For example, faculty produced training DVD vignettes on ethics and decorum for lawyers, used for Colorado and national training programs.

! The program currently assigns $25,000 in theatre arts scholarships.


Executive Summary of the Review of the Theatre Program

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Concerns Identified by the Process, Recommendations, and Actions Taken ! The Theatre major differs significantly from the other Communication Arts and Sciences Department

programs, Speech Communication and Journalism. It could become a separate department with little impact on available resources and space as it already operates fairly independently.

Recommendations, Plans and Actions: The CPRC and the external consultant recommended the program become an independent department. The Theatre program has been working toward department status since 2003 and has this goal in its strategic plan. Few additional resources would be required. Theatre, Music, and Art also seek to strengthen their alliance and bring unified visibility to the College by forming a unit within the School of Letters, Arts, and Sciences. This would more easily use shared resources, such as funding required for publicity or use of a designated budget manager. It could become a ‘cost center’ similar to the Center for Innovation.

! National accreditation would bring much greater visibility to the program. At present, no nationally accredited college or university theatre program exists in Colorado. The consultant (also a NAST evaluator) considers the program “well positioned” for accreditation by NAST and has offered to guide faculty through the process pro bono.

Recommendation and Plans: The external consultant and the CPRC recommend Theatre faculty proceed toward NAST accreditation. The LAS dean approves and is willing to provide financial and other support as needed.

! Although the assessment for the B.F.A. majors is rigorous, the B.A. Theatre students do not receive regular assessments, except through classes and productions.

Recommendations and Plan: Theatre faculty are considering the development of a senior portfolio course that can provide additional assessment tools for the BA students. The faculty will consult with the Metro State’s Director of Student Learning Assessment to discuss assessment.

! Students come into the program without the basic skills needed for courses such as Introduction to Stagecraft. Those in the Applied Theatre Technology and Design concentration would benefit from a course in electronics.

Recommendationss: The CPRC suggested requiring College Algebra, or the new course, MTH 1112 College Algebra Through Modeling, as the General Studies mathematics course. For the Theatre B.F.A. in Applied Theatre Technology and Design concentration, Electronics: An Introduction is recommended as a General Studies – Natural Science course.

! The Theatre program is supported in large part by student fees allocated by the Student Government Association (SGA). These funds are soft money—not a line item in the College Budget and there is always a possibility that such funds might not be available in the future. The SGA does not support the academic part of the program, which receives an LAS allocation. Because the productions are supported by SGA, Metro State students with an ID receive free admission to the productions. In addition, any Metro State student may participate in the productions.

Recommendations: The external consultant and the CPRC recommended the College should look into finding a more stable source of funding, while not dispensing with SGA support. At a minimum, personnel costs such as for a costume manager and shop foreman should be a line item in a department budget. A funding mechanism such as that for Athletics should be investigated.

! The sharing of facilities with UCD has problems. Although Metro State pays over 50% of the costs the King Center performance facilities, it does not have proportionate use of the space, nor proportionate input regarding policy issues. The same concern exists with space shared in the Arts Building. Another important concern with the shared space is safety, in particular, in the scene shop.

Recommendation: The external consultant noted that the King Center spaces (scene shop, costume shop and other lab/fabrication spaces) are sufficient for one school only. All campus schools should be required to follow the policies that were developed through a series of focus groups and facility ‘users’ groups.



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Academic Program Review Data for Theatre Program Productivity Measures 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08


Lower Division 48 27 72 30 42 Upper Division 43 36 54 81 91 Total - Summer 91 63 126 111 133

b. Fall Semester

Lower Division 567 597 699 738 750 Upper Division 470 422 650 637 690 Total - Fall 1,037 1,019 1,349 1,375 1,440

c. Spring Semester

Lower Division 645 667 590 631 669 Upper Division 466 501 539 645 623 Total - Spring 1,111 1,168 1,129 1,276 1,292

d. Total

Lower Division 1,260 1,291 1,361 1,399 1,461 Upper Division 979 959 1,243 1,363 1,404 All Semesters 2,239 2,250 2,604 2,762 2,865





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THE Productivity Measures, continued 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08


Full-time tenured or tenure track 2.00 3.00 3.00 4.07 3.00 Other full-time - 1.00 2.00 2.00 3.00 Part time 2.10 2.90 2.87 2.69 0.00

b. Non-instructional - - - - - c. Total 4.10 6.90 7.87 8.76 6.00 d. % of Instructional FTE Tenured 48.8% 30.0% 25.4% 23.6% 33.3% 11. Support Staff FTE 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.15 0.00 12. Faculty Load for Full-Time Faculty – Fall Semester a. Avg Credit Hrs (Type A Courses) 11.0 15.0 12.0 13.2 13.8 b. Avg Contact Hrs (Type A Courses) 14.4 21.3 15.9 15.4 16.2 c. Total Headcount (Type B Courses) i. Online 0 0 0 0 0 ii. Other 40 46 74 88 67 13. Student FTE/Faculty FTE 18.20 10.87 11.03 10.51 15.92 14. Percent of Fall and Spring CHP by faculty type a. Tenured or Tenure Track Faculty 13.41% 12.57% 13.36% 18.94% 9.96% b. Other Full-time Faculty 8.24% 15.36% 24.58% 32.48% 38.76% c. Part-Time Faculty 50.42% 71.24% 62.07% 47.00% 50.07% d. Temporary Lecturers 26.54% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% e. Administrative/Classified Personnel 1.40% 0.82% 0.00% 1.58% 1.21% 15. Program Costs a. Total Cost $52,546 $89,957 $41,629 $18,212 $45,874 b. Cost per Credit Hour $112.79 $173.31 $169.60 $187.62 $190.53


ACTION ITEM: APPROVAL OF THE IRS REQUIRED UPDATES TO THE FOUR STATE COLLEGES IN COLORADO SECTION 403(b) TAX-SHELTERED ANNUITY RETIREMENT PLAN DOCUMENT. For review at the October 10, 2008 Metropolitan State College of Denver Board of Trustees Finance Committee Meeting and for approval at their regular board meeting on November 5, 2008. BACKGROUND: On July 26, 2007, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations regarding the administration of Section 403(b) voluntary retirement plans. The final regulations were the first comprehensive rewrite of that section of the IRS Code in more than forty years. Metropolitan State College of Denver has maintained a Section 403(b) plan that dates back to the late 1960’s and until 2003 the program was under the previous Board of Trustees for the State Colleges in Colorado. In 2003 the current plan continued but was renamed the Four State Colleges in Colorado Section 403(b) Tax-Sheltered Annuity Retirement Plan. Oversight of the plan is managed by the four Plan Administrators (the Vice Presidents for Administration and Finance) at each of the four state colleges with guidance from an Associate Vice President for Retirement Plan Administration and an attorney that specializes in retirement plan law. The new IRS regulations require that colleges and universities that maintain 403(b) plans revise their current Plan Documents to include all provisions of past federal statutes pertaining to this type of retirement plan as spelled out in the final 403(b) regulations. The IRS provided suggested language for adoption that would assure that a school’s plan would be in full compliance as long as the college’s plan was adopted and managed in accordance with this suggested language. The attached updated 403(b) Plan Document was developed using the IRS suggested language. ANALYSIS: Part of this Agenda Item is the attached updated Section 403(b) Tax-Sheltered Annuity Retirement Plan Document for the Four State Colleges in Colorado. During the first part of 2008 it has been developed and reviewed by the Plan Administrators and the retirement plan attorney for consistency with all requirements of the new IRS regulations. Participants of the plan will see very little change in the way their funds will be managed. In fact, the IRS mandates that all college employees be eligible for participation in the plan. The only exception is that Student employees that are enrolled and regularly attending classes will continue to not be eligible for the 403(b) plan.


Oversight of the fund sponsors (or Vendors) that are contracted with will increase under these new regulations. The vendor contracts and a new document, called an Information Sharing Agreement, will be entered into between the plan administrators (or his/her designee) and each contracted vendor. These documents will more clearly spell out what is expected of each party. Staff within the college Human Resource offices will become more actively involved with the loan approval process; participant mailing address information between the authorized vendors; working more closely with the participant and vendor at the time a terminated or retired employee chooses to take a distribution from his/her account; and staff at the colleges will be more involved with the selection of approved vendors to be used after the current vendor contracts expire on December 31, 2009. The new IRS 403(b) regulations mandate that the revised or updated Plan Document must be approved by each of the four governing boards that participate in this plan prior to January 1, 2009. Campus staff members have been actively involved in the development of the attached revised 403(b) plan document and concur with all sections. The list of the six current contracted 403(b) fund providers (vendors) is: AIG VALIC Fidelity Investments, Inc. MetLife Resources (including accounts acquired from CitiStreet) Security Benefit Life Insurance Co. TIAA-CREF Waddell & Reed RECOMMENDATION: That the full Board of Trustees for Metropolitan State College of Denver approve the attached updated Four State Colleges in Colorado Section 403(b) Tax-Sheltered Annuity Retirement Plan Document, to be effective on January 1, 2009, that is mandated by the Internal Revenue Services (IRS). Be it furthered resolved that the board authorizes the Plan Administrator or her designee to make non-substantive changes to this document, following review and guidance by Retirement Plan Counsel, if by doing so will result in the acceptance of the Plan Document by the Internal Revenue Service.


THE FOUR STATE COLLEGES IN COLORADO

SECTION 403(B) TAX-SHELTERED ANNUITY RETIREMENT PLAN

PLAN DOCUMENT

For the Employees of: Adams State College Mesa State College

Metropolitan State College of Denver Western State College

January 1, 1997 Version Amended to Include the Revised IRS Regulations

Effective January 1, 2009


TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION

Name and Introduction of the Plan…………………………………………... 1 SECTION 1

Definition of Terms Used…………………………………………………….… 2 Section 1.1 Account………………………………………………...… 2 Section 1.2 Account Balance………………………………………… 2 Section 1.3 Administrator……………………………………............ 2 Section 1.4 Annuity Contract………………………………………... 2 Section 1.5 Beneficiary…….………………………………………... 2 Section 1.6 Custodial Account.................………………………..… 2 Section 1.7 Code……………..………………………………………. 2 Section 1.8 Compensation......…………………………………….… 2 Section 1.9 Disabled…………………………………………............ 3 Section 1.10 Elective Deferral………………………………………... 3 Section 1.11 Employee………………………………………………... 3 Section 1.12 Employer…………………………………………….…... 3 Section 1.13 Funding Vehicles………………………………….......... 3 Section 1.14 Includible Compensation……………………………..... 3 Section 1.15 Individual Agreement……………………………........... 3 Section 1.16 Participant……………………………………………….. 3 Section 1.17 Plan………………………………………………............ 3 Section 1.18 Plan Year……………………………………………….… 3 Section 1.19 Related Employer……………………………………..… 4 Section 1.20 Severance from Employment………………………..… 4 Section 1.21 Vendor……………………………………………………. 4 Section 1.22 Valuation Date…………………………………………... 4

SECTION 2

Participation and Contributions……….......…………………………………… 5 Section 2.1 Eligibility………………………………………………….. 5 Section 2.2 Compensation Reduction Election….…………........… 5 Section 2.3 Information Provided by the Employee…………......... 5 Section 2.4 Changes in Elective Deferrals Election……..………… 5 Section 2.5 Contributions Made Promptly…………….…………..… 5 Section 2.6 Leave of Absence……………………………………….. 6

SECTION 3

Limitations of Amounts Deferred……....................……….………………….. 7 Section 3.1 Basic Annual Limitations………………………............. 7 Section 3.2 15 Year Catch-up Limitation Provision Not

Adopted in this Plan Document…….…………….….… 7 Section 3.3 Age 50 Catch-up Elective Deferral Contributions……. 7 Section 3.4 Coordination………………………….....……………… 7 Section 3.5 Special Rule for a Participant Covered; By Another

Another Section 403(b) Plan…………..………………. 7 Section 3.6 Correction of Excess Elective Deferrals..…………….. 7 Section 3.7 Protection of Persons Who Serve in a Uniform Services………………………………………… 8


SECTION 4

Loans…………………………………....................….….……………………… 9 Section 4.1 Loans……………………………………………………... 9 Section 4.2 Information Coordination Concerning Loans…….…… 9 Section 4.3 Maximum Loan Amount…………………………………. 9

SECTION 5 Benefit Distributions…………………....................….….……………….……. 10

Section 5.1 Benefit Distribution at Severance from Employment Or Other Distribution Event…………..……………..... 10

Section 5.2 Small Account Balances……………………....………… 10 Section 5.3 Minimum Distributions…………………………………... 10

Section 5.4 In-Service Distributions from Rollover Account………. 10 Section 5.5 Hardship Withdrawals – Not adopted in this plan……. 10 Section 5.6 Rollover Distributions……………………………………. 10 SECTION 6

Rollovers to the Plan and Transfers…….....................….….………….….… 12 Section 6.1 Eligible Rollover Contributions to the Plan..……......... 12 Section 6.2 Plan-to-Plan Transfers to the Plan………….....…….… 12 Section 6.3 Plan-to-Plan Transfers from the Plan……..…….…….. 13

Section 6.4 Contract and Custodial Account Exchanges…….….... 14 Section 6.5 Permissive Service Credit Transfers……………….….. 15 SECTION 7

Investment of Contributions……………....................….….………….…….… 16 Section 7.1 Manner of Investment…………………….……............ 16 Section 7.2 Investment of Contributions……….……….....………… 16 Section 7.3 Current and Former Vendors……….……..…….……… 16

SECTION 8

Amendment and Plan Termination..……....................….….………….…….. 17 Section 8.1 Termination of Contributions…………….……............ 17 Section 8.2 Amendment and Termination..….................………….. 17 Section 8.3 Distribution upon Termination of the Plan..………..….. 17

SECTION 9

Miscellaneous…………..…………………………………….………………….. 18 Section 9.1 NonAssignability…………..……………….................... 18 Section 9.2 Domestic Relation Orders………………………………. 18 Section 9.3 IRS Levy……….………………………………………….. 18 Section 9.4 Tax Withholding……………..….……………………….. 18 Section 9.5 Payments to Minors and Incompetents………………... 18 Section 9.6 Mistaken Contributions...........………………………….. 18 Section 9.7 Procedures When Distribute Can not be Located……. 19 Section 9.8 Incorporation of Individual Agreements……………….. 19 Section 9.9 Governing Law…………………………………………… 19 Section 9.10 Headings………..……………………………………….. 19 Section 9.11 Gender………..………………………………………….. 19


APPENDIX Appendix A

List of Current Authorized 403(b) Vendors

Appendix B Salary Reduction Agreement Form


The Four State Colleges in Colorado

Section 403(b) Tax-Sheltered Annuity Retirement Plan

Plan Document

INTRODUCTION This Plan was initially established by the Trustees of the State Colleges in Colorado (the “Employer”) and previously updated on January 1, 1997, for the exclusive benefit of the Employer’s Eligible Employees at Adams State College, Mesa State College, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Western State College, and the Office of State Colleges, who qualify as Participants and their Beneficiaries. This plan is now known as The Four State Colleges in Colorado Section 403(b) Tax-Sheltered Annuity Retirement Plan, and may be referred to as the “403(b) TSA Plan”. The Plan is intended to qualify as a voluntary, or elective, supplemental retirement plan under Section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code and with the attached Sections added to the plan prior to December 31, 2008, that become effective on January 1, 2009, is deemed to be in full compliance with the Internal Revenue Revised Regulations that were published in Internal Revenue Bulletin 2007-51, released December 17, 2007. This Plan is a “governmental plan” and therefore not subject to ERISA. Effective July 1, 2002, the Colorado Legislature placed Metropolitan State College of Denver under separate governance from the Trustees of the State Colleges in Colorado. Effective July 1, 2003, the Colorado Legislature placed Adams State College, Mesa State College, and Western State College under separate governance from the Trustees of the State Colleges in Colorado. Also on July 1, 2003, the Colorado Legislature abolished the Trustees of the State Colleges in Colorado and the Office of State Colleges. On July 1, 2003, this Plan continued to exist as outlined in this Plan Document for the four independent colleges (“Employers”). This includes all eligible employees and their beneficiaries of Adams State College, Mesa State College, Metropolitan State College of Denver, and Western State College.

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Section 1

Definition of Terms Used

The following words and terms, when used in this Plan, have the meaning set forth below. 1.1 “Account”: the account or accumulation maintained for the benefit of any Participant or Beneficiary under an Annuity Contract or a Custodial Account. 1.2 “Account Balance”: the bookkeeping account maintained for each Participant which reflects the aggregate amount credited to the Participant’s Account under all Accounts, including the Participant’s Elective Deferrals, the earnings or loss of each Annuity Contract or a Custodial Account (net of expenses) allocable to the Participant, any transfers for the Participant’s benefit, and any distribution made to the Participant or the Participant’s Beneficiary. If a Participant has more than one Beneficiary at the time of the Participant’s death, then a separate Account Balance shall be maintained for each Beneficiary. The Account Balance includes any account established under Section 6 for rollover contributions and plan-to-plan transfers made for a Participant, the account established for a Beneficiary after a participant’s death, and any account or accounts established for an alternate payee (as defined in section 414(p)(8) of the Code). 1.3 “Administrator”: means the person, persons or entity designated by the Employer to act as Administrator. Until an Employer chooses otherwise, each of the Employer’s Plan Administrator is that Employer’s Vice President for Administration and Finance. See Section 1.12 for detail information on the four Employers participating in this 403(b) plan. 1.4 “Annuity Contract”: A nontransferable contract as defined in section 403(b)(1) of the Code, established for each Participant by the Employer, or by each Participant individually, that is issued by an insurance company qualified to issue annuities in Colorado and that includes payment in the form of an annuity. 1.5 “Beneficiary”: The designated person who is entitled to receive benefits under the Plan after the death of a Participant, subject to such additional rules as may be set forth in the Individual Agreements. 1.6 “Custodial Account”: The group or individual custodial account or accounts, as defined in section 403(b)(7) of the Code, established for each Participant by the Employer, or by each Participant individually, to hold assets of the Plan. 1.7 “Code”: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as now in effect or as hereafter amended. All citations to sections of the Code are to such sections as they may from time to time be amended or renumbered. 1.8 “Compensation”: All cash compensation for services to the Employer, including salary, wages, fees, commissions, bonuses, and overtime pay, that is includible in the

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Employee’s gross income for the calendar year, plus amounts that would be cash compensation for services to the Employer includible in the Employee’s gross income for the calendar year but for a compensation reduction election under section 125, 132(f), 401(k), 403(b), or 457(b) of the Code (including an election under Section 2 made to reduce compensation in order to have Elective Deferrals under the Plan). 1.9 “Disabled”: The definition of disability provided in the applicable Individual Agreement. 1.10 “Elective Deferral”: The Employer contributions made to the 403(b) Plan at the election of the Participant in lieu of receiving cash compensation. Elective Deferrals are limited to pre-tax salary reduction contributions. 1.11 “Employee”: Each individual, who is a common law employee of the Employer performing services for any one of the Four State Colleges in Colorado as an employee of the Employer. This definition is not applicable unless the employee’s compensation for performing services for any one of the Four State Colleges in Colorado is paid by the Employer. Individuals who provide services to any one of the Employers in the capacity of an independent contractor are excluded from eligibility in this 403(b) plan. 1.12 “Employer”: means; Adams State College, Mesa State College, Metropolitan State College of Denver, and Western State College. Each of the Employers has the powers and duties of an Employer described in this Plan, but only with respect to the Plan, as it pertains to the Employer’s plan Participants and Beneficiaries. 1.13 “Funding Vehicles”: The Annuity Contracts or Custodial Accounts issued for funding amounts held under the Plan and specifically approved by Employer for use under the Plan. 1.14 “Includible Compensation”: An Employee’s actual wages in box 1 of Form W-2 for a year for services to the Employer, but subject to a maximum of $200,000 (or such higher maximum as may apply under section 401(a)(17) of the Code) and increased (up to the dollar maximum) by any compensation reduction election under section 125, 132(f), 401(k), 403(b) or 457(b) of the Code (including any Elective Deferral under the Plan). The amount of includible compensation is determined without regard to any community property laws. 1.15 “Individual Agreement”: The agreements between a Vendor and the Employer or a Participant that constitutes or governs a Custodial Account or an Annuity Contract. 1.16 “Participant”: An individual for whom Elective Deferrals are currently being made, or for whom Elective Deferrals have previously been made, under the Plan and who has not received a distribution of his or her entire benefit under the Plan. 1.17 “Plan”: The Four State Colleges in Colorado Section 403(b) Tax-Sheltered Annuity Retirement Plan. 1.18 “Plan year”: The calendar year.

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1.19 “Related Employer”: Any one of the four Employer’s and any other entity which is under common control with each of those Employers under section 414(b) or (c) of the Code. For this purpose, each of the four Employers shall determine which entities are Related Employers based on a reasonable, good faith standard and taking into account the special rules applicable under Notice 89-23, 1989-1 C.B. 654. 1.20 “Severance from Employment”: For purpose of the Plan, Severance from Employment means Severance from Employment with the Employer and any Related Entity. However, a Severance from Employment also occurs on any date on which an Employee ceases to be an employee of one of the Four State Colleges in Colorado, even though the employee may continue to be employed by a Related Employer that is another unit of the State or local government that is not a public higher educational institution in a capacity that is not employment with a higher educational institution (e.g., ceasing to be an employee performing services for one of the Four State Colleges in Colorado but continuing to work for the same State or local government employer) 1.21 “Vendor”: The provider of an Annuity Contract or Custodial Account. 1.22 “Valuation Date”: [Each business day/The last day of the calendar month/The last day of the calendar quarter/Each December 31].

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Section 2

Participation and Contributions

2.1 Eligibility. All Employees working in “non-student” positions shall be eligible to participate in the Plan and elect to have Elective Deferrals made on his or her behalf hereunder immediately upon becoming employed by the Employer. However, an Employee that is a student who is enrolled and regularly attending classes, and working in a “student” position as defined by each of the four state colleges, is not eligible to participate in the Plan. 2.2 Compensation Reduction Election. (a) General Rule. An Employee elects to become a Participant by executing a Salary Reduction Agreement form (SRA) to reduce his or her Compensation (and have that amount contributed as an Elective Deferral on his or her behalf) and filing it with the Administrator, or his or her designee at the respective college. This Compensation reduction election shall be made on the Salary Reduction Agreement form provided by the Human Resource’s office under which the Employee agrees to be bound by all the terms and conditions of the Plan. (Appendix B is the Four State College’s in Colorado current Salary Reduction Agreement form (SRA).) The Administrator may establish an annual minimum deferral amount no higher than $200, and may change such minimum to a lower amount from time to time. The participation election shall also include designation of the selected Vendor and he/she should work with representatives from the selected Vendor to choose specific Funding Vehicles and Accounts therein to which Elective Deferrals are to be made and to designate a Beneficiary. Any such election shall remain in effect until a new election is filed. Only an individual who performs services for the Employer as an Employee may reduce his or her Compensation under the Plan. Each Employee will become a Participant in accordance with the terms and conditions of the individual Agreements. All Elective Deferrals shall be made on a pre-tax basis. An Employee shall become a Participant as soon as administratively practicable following the date applicable under the employee’s election. 2.3 Information Provided by the Employee. Each Employee enrolling in the Plan should provide to the Administrator (or his/her designee) at the time of initial enrollment, and later if there are any changes, any information necessary or advisable for the Administrator to administer the Plan, including any information required under the individual Agreements. 2.4 Changes in Elective Deferrals Election. Subject to the provisions of the applicable Individual Agreements, an Employee may at any time revise his or her participation election, including a change of the amount of his or her Elective Deferrals, his or her investment direction, and his or her designated Beneficiary. A change in the investment direction shall take effect as of the date provided by the administrator (or his/her designee) on a uniform basis for all Employees. A change in the Beneficiary designation shall take effect when the election is accepted by the Vendor. 2.5 Contributions Made Promptly. Elective Deferrals under the Plan shall be transferred to the applicable Vendor and specific Funding Vehicle within 15 business days following the end of the month in which the amount would otherwise have been paid to the Participant.

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2.6 Leave of Absence. Unless an election is otherwise revised, if an Employee is absent from work by leave of absence, Elective Deferrals under the Plan shall continue to the extent that Compensation continues.

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Section 3

Limitations on Amounts Deferred

3.1 Basic Annual Limitations. Except as provided in Sections 3.2 and 3.3, the maximum amount of the Elective Deferral under the Plan for any calendar year shall not exceed the lesser of (a) the applicable dollar amount or (b) the Participant’s Includible Compensation for the calendar year. The applicable dollar amount is the amount established under section 402(g)(1)(B) of the Code, which is $15,500 for 2007, and is adjusted for cost-of-living after 2007 to the extent provided under section 415(d) of the Code. 3.2 Special Section 403(b) Catch-up Limitation for Employees with 15 Years of Service. (Please note that this Plan has not included this optional feature and if employees request that deferrals in excess of Section 3.1 and 3.3 be made available, college personnel will direct them to the State of Colorado’s 457 Plan.) 3.3 Age 50 Catch-up Elective Deferral Contributions. An Employee who is a Participant who will attain age 50 or more by the end of the calendar year is permitted to elect an additional amount of Elective Deferrals, up to the maximum age 50 catch-up Elective Deferrals for the year. The maximum dollar amount of the age 50 catch-up Elective Deferrals for a year is $5,000 for 2007, and is adjusted for cost-of-living after 2007 to the extent provided under the Code. 3.4 Coordination. Amounts in excess of the limitation set forth in Section 3.1 shall be allocated first to the special 403(b) catch-up under Section 3.2 and next as an age 50 Catch-up contribution under Section 3.3. However, in no event can the amount of the Elective Deferrals for a year be more than the Participant’s Compensation for the year. Since Section 3.2 is not authorized under this Plan, coordination will only occur when an employee that is 50 or older wants to contribute an amount greater than the Basic Annual Limitation ($15,500 for 2007). 3.5 Special Rule for a Participant Covered by Another Section 403(b) Plan. For purposes of this Section 3, if the Participant is or has been a participant in one or more other plans under section 403(b) of the Code (and any other plan that permits elective deferrals under section 402(g) of the Code), then this Plan and all such other plans shall be considered as one plan for purposes of applying the foregoing limitations of this Section 3. For this purpose, the Administrator (or his/her designee) shall take into account any other such plan maintained by any Related Employer and shall also take into account any other such plan for which the Administrator (or his/her designee) receives from the Participant sufficient information concerning his or her participation in such other plan. 3.6 Correction of Excess Elective Deferrals. If the Elective Deferral on behalf of a Participant for any calendar year exceeds the limitations described above, or the Elective Deferral on behalf of a Participant for any calendar year exceeds the limitations described above when combined with other amounts deferred by the Participant under another plan of the employer under section 403(b) of the Code (and any other plan that permits

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elective deferrals under section 402(g) of the Code for which the Participant provides information that is accepted by the Administrator (or his/her designee)), then the Elective Deferral, to the extent in excess of the applicable limitation (adjusted for any income or loss in value, if any, allocable thereto), shall be distributed to the Participant. 3.7 Protection of Persons Who Serve in a Uniformed Service. An Employee whose employment is interrupted by qualified military service under section 414(u) of the Code or who is on a leave of absence for qualified military service under section 414(u) of the Code may elect to make additional Elective Deferrals upon resumption of employment with the Employer equal to the maximum Elective Deferrals that the Employee could have elected during that period if the Employee’s employment with the Employer had continued (at the same level of Compensation) without the interruption or leave, reduced by the Elective Deferrals, if any, actually made for the Employee during the period of the interruption or leave. Except to the extent provided under section 414(u) of the Code, this right applies for five years following the resumption of employment (or, if sooner, for a period equal to three times the period of the interruption or leave).

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Section 4

Loans

4.1 Loans. Loans shall be permitted under the Plan to the extent permitted by the Individual Agreements controlling the Account assets from which the loan is made and by which the loan will be secured. Loans under this Plan will only be available to “Active Participants”. Active Participants are current employees that are either making regular contributions to one of the authorized vendors or maintain an account balance with one of the approved vendors of this Plan. 4.2 Information Coordination Concerning Loans. Each Vendor is responsible for all information reporting and tax withholding required by applicable federal and state law in connection with distributions and loans. To minimize the instances in which Participants have taxable income as a result of loans from the Plan, the Administrator shall take such steps as may be appropriate to coordinate the limitations on loans set forth in Section 4.3, including the collection of information from Vendors, and transmission of information requested by any Vendor, concerning the outstanding balance of any loans made to a Participant under the Plan or any other plan of the Employer. The Administrator shall also take such steps as may be appropriate to collect information from Vendors, and transmission of information to any Vendor, concerning any failure by a Participant to repay timely any loans made to a Participant under the Plan or any other plan of the Employer. 4.3 Maximum Loan Amount. No loan to a Participant under the Plan may exceed the lesser of:

(a) $50,000, reduced by the greater of (i) the outstanding balance on any loan from the Plan to the Participant on the date the loan is made or (ii) the highest outstanding balance on loans from the Plan to the Participant during the one-year period ending on the day before the date the loan is approved by the Administrator (not taking into account any payments made during such one-year period); or

(b) One half of the value of the Participant’s vested Account Balance (as of the

valuation date immediately preceding the date on which such loan is approved by the Administrator).

For purposes of this Section 4.3, any loan from any other plan maintained by the Employer and any Related Employer shall be treated as if it were a loan made from the plan, and the Participant’s vested interest under any such other plan shall be considered a vested interest under this Plan; provided, however, that the provisions of this paragraph shall not be applied so as to allow the amount of a loan to exceed the amount that would otherwise be permitted in the absence of this paragraph.

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Section 5

Benefit Distributions

5.1 Benefit Distributions At Severance from Employment or other Distribution Event. Except as permitted under Section 3.6 (relating to excess Elective Deferrals), Section 5.4 (relating to withdrawals of amounts rolled over into the Plan), Section 5.5 (relating to hardship), or Section 8.3 (relating to termination of the Plan), distributions from a Participant’s Account may not be made earlier than the earliest of the date on which the Participant has a Severance from Employment, dies, becomes Disabled, or attains age 59 ½. Distributions shall otherwise be made in accordance with the terms of the Individual Agreements. 5.2 Small Account Balances. (Please note that this plan has not instituted the optional feature of making automatic distributions of small account balances. Participant account balances will be maintained by the approved vendors until such time that a complete distribution to the participant or beneficiary is made.) 5.3 Minimum Distributions. Each Individual Agreement shall comply with the minimum distribution requirements of section 401(a)(9) of the Code and the regulations there under. For purposes of applying the distribution rules of section 401(a)(9) of the Code, each Individual Agreement is treated as an individual retirement account (IRA) and distributions shall be made in accordance with the provisions of &1.408-8 of the Income Tax Regulations, except as provided in §1.403(b)-6(e) of the Income Tax Regulations. 5.4 In-Service Distributions From Rollover Account. If a Participant has a separate account attributable to rollover contributions to the plan, to the extent permitted by the applicable Individual Agreement, the Participant may at any time elect to receive a distribution of all or any portion of the amount held in the rollover account. 5.5 Hardship Withdrawals. (Please note that the Hardship Withdrawal optional feature of the IRS regulations has not been adopted by this plan. Active participants will be encouraged to work with their approved vendor to obtain a loan from their account if they are experiencing financial difficulties.) 5.6 Rollover Distributions.

(a) A Participant or the Beneficiary of a deceased Participant (or a Participant’s spouse or former spouse who is an alternate payee under a domestic relations order, as defined in section 414(p) of the Code) who is entitled to an eligible rollover distribution may elect to have any portion of an eligible rollover distribution (as defined in section 402(c)(4) of the Code) from the Plan paid directly to an eligible retirement plan (as defined in section 402(c)(8)(B)of the Code) specified by the Participant in a direct rollover. In the case of a distribution to a Beneficiary who at the time of the Participant’s death was neither the spouse of the Participant nor the spouse or former spouse of the participant who is an alternate payee under a domestic relations order, a direct rollover is payable only to an individual retirement account or individual

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retirement annuity (IRA) that has been established on behalf of the Beneficiary as an inherited IRA (within the meaning of section 408(d)(3)(C) of the Code).

(b) Each Vendor shall be separately responsible for providing, within a reasonable

time period before making an initial eligible rollover distribution, an explanation to the Participant of his or her right to elect a direct rollover and the income tax withholding consequences of not electing a direct rollover.

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Section 6

Rollovers to the Plan and Transfers

6.1 Eligible Rollover Contributions to the Plan.

(a) Eligible Rollover Contributions. To the extent provided in the Individual Agreements, an Employee who is a Participant who is entitled to receive an eligible rollover distribution from another eligible retirement plan may request to have all or a portion of the eligible rollover distribution paid to the Plan. Such rollover contributions shall be made in the form of cash only. The Vendor may require such documentation from the distributing plan as it deems necessary to effectuate the rollover in accordance with section 402 of the Code and to confirm that such plan is an eligible retirement plan within the meaning of section 402(c)(8)(B) of the Code. However, in no event does the Plan accept a rollover contribution from a Roth elective deferral account under an applicable retirement plan described in section 402A(e)(1) of the Code or a Roth IRA described in section 408A of the Code.

(b) Eligible Rollover Distribution. For purpose of Section 6.1(a), an eligible rollover

distribution means any distribution of all or any portion of a Participant’s benefit under another eligible retirement plan, except that an eligible rollover distribution does not include (1) any installment payment for a period of 10 years or more, (2) any distribution made as a result of a unforeseeable emergency or other distribution which is made upon hardship of the employee, or (3) for any other distribution, the portion, if any, of the distribution that is a required minimum distribution under section 401(a)(9) for the Code. In addition, an eligible retirement plan means an individual retirement account described in section 408(a) of the Code, an individual retirement annuity described in section 408(b) of the Code, a qualified trust described in section 401(a) of the Code, an annuity plan described in section 403(a) or 403(b) of the Code, or an eligible governmental plan described in section 457(b) of the Code, that accepts the eligible rollover distribution.

(c) Separate Accounts. The Vendor shall establish and maintain for the Participant

a separate account for any eligible rollover distribution paid to the Plan. 6.2 Plan-to-Plan Transfers to the Plan.

(a) At the direction of the Employer, for a class of Employees who are participants or beneficiaries in another plan under section 403(b) of the Code, the Administrator may permit a transfer of assets to the Plan as provided in this Section 6.2. Such a transfer is permitted only if the other plan provides for the direct transfer of each person’s entire interest therein to the Plan and the participant is an employee or former employee of the Employer. The Administrator and any Vendor accepting such transferred amounts may require that the transfer be in cash or other property acceptable to it. The Administrator or any Vendor accepting such transferred amounts may require

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such documentation from the other plan as it deems necessary to effectuate the transfer in accordance with §1.403(b)-10(b)(3) of the Income Tax Regulations and to confirm that the other plan is a plan that satisfies section 403(b) of the Code.

(b) The amount so transferred shall be credited to the Participant’s Account

Balance, so that the Participant or Beneficiary whose assets are being transferred has an accumulated benefit immediately after the transfer at least equal to the accumulated benefit with respect to that Participant or Beneficiary immediately before the transfer.

(c) To the extent provided in the Individual Agreements holding such transferred

amounts, the amount transferred shall be held, accounted for, administered and otherwise treated in the same manner as an Elective Deferral by the Participant under the Plan, except that (1) the Individual Agreement which holds any amount transferred to the Plan must provide that, to the extent any amount transferred is subject to any distribution restrictions required under section 403(b) of the Code, the Individual Agreement must impose restrictions on distributions to the Participant or Beneficiary whose assets are being transferred that are not less stringent than those imposed on the transferor plan and (2) the transferred amount shall not be considered an Elective Deferral under the Plan in determining the maximum deferral under Section 3.

6.3 Plan-to-Plan Transfers from the Plan.

(a) At the direction of the Employer, the Administrator may permit a class of Participants and Beneficiaries to elect to have all or any portion of their Account Balance transferred to another plan that satisfies section 403(b) of the Code in accordance with §1.403(b)-10(b)(3) of the Income Tax Regulations. A transfer is permitted under this section 6.3(a) only if the Participants or Beneficiaries are employees or former employees of the employer (or the business of the employer) under the receiving plan and the other plan provides for the acceptance of plan-to-plan transfers with respect to the Participants and Beneficiaries and for each Participant and Beneficiary to have an amount deferred under the other plan immediately after the transfer at least equal to the amount transferred.

(b) The other plan must provide that, to the extent any amount transferred is

subject to any distribution restrictions required under Section 403(b) of the Code, the other plan shall impose restrictions on distributions to the Participant or Beneficiary whose assets are transferred that are not less stringent than those imposed under the Plan. In addition, if the transfer does not constitute a complete transfer of the Participant’s or Beneficiary’s interest in the Plan, the other plan shall treat the amount transferred as a continuation of a pro rata portion of the Participant’s or Beneficiary’s interest in the transferor plan( e.g., a pro rata portion of the Participant’s or Beneficiary’s interest in any after-tax employee contributions).

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benefits to the Participant or Beneficiary under this Plan shall be discharged to the extent of the amount so transferred for the Participant or Beneficiary. The Administrator may require such documentation from the receiving plan as it deems appropriate or necessary to comply with this section 6.3 (for example, to confirm that the receiving plan satisfies section 403(b) of the Code and to assure that the transfer is permitted under the receiving plan) or to effectuate the transfer pursuant to §1.403(b)-10(b)(3) of the Income Tax Regulations.

6.4 Contract and Custodial Account Exchanges.

(a) A Participant or Beneficiary is permitted to change the investment of his or her Account Balance among the Vendors under the Plan, subject to the terms of the Individual Agreements. However, an investment change that includes an investment with a Vendor that is not eligible to receive contributions under Section 2 (referred to below as an exchange) is not permitted unless the conditions in paragraphs (b) through (d) of this Section 6.4 are satisfied.

(b) The Participant or Beneficiary must have an Account Balance immediately

after the exchange that is at least equal to the Account Balance of the Participant or Beneficiary immediately before the exchange (taking into account the Account Balance of that Participant or Beneficiary under both section 403(b) contracts or custodial accounts immediately before the exchange).

(c) The Individual Agreement with the receiving Vendor has distribution

restrictions with respect to the Participant that are not less stringent than those imposed on the investment being exchanged.

(d) The Employer enters into an agreement with the receiving Vendor for the other

contract or custodial account under which the Employer and the Vendor will from time to time in the future provide each other with the following information:

(1) Information necessary for the resulting contract or custodial account,

or any other contract or custodial accounts to which contributions have been made by the Employer, to satisfy section 403(b) of the Code, including the following: (i) the Employer providing information as to whether the Participant’s employment with the Employer is continuing, and notifying the Vendor when the Participant has had a Severance from Employment (for purposes of the distribution restrictions in Section 5.1); (ii) the Vendor notifying the Employer of any hardship withdrawal under Section 5.5 if the withdrawal results in a 6 month suspension of the Participant’s right to make Elective Deferrals under the Plan; and (iii) the Vendor providing information to the Employer or other Vendors concerning the Participant’s or Beneficiary’s Section 403(b) contracts or custodial accounts or qualified employer plan benefits (to enable a Vendor to determine the amount of any plan loans and any rollover accounts that are available to the Participant under the Plan in order to satisfy the financial need

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(2) under the hardship withdrawal rules of Section 5.5); and

(3) Information necessary in order for the resulting contract or custodial account and any other contract or custodial account to which contributions have been made for the Participant by the Employer to satisfy other tax requirements, including the following: (i) the amount of any plan loan that is outstanding to the Participant in order for the Vendor to determine whether an additional plan loan satisfies the loan limitations of Section 4.3, so that any such additional loan is not a deemed distribution under Section 4.3 under section 72(p)(1); and (ii) information concerning the Participant’s or Beneficiary’s after-tax employee contributions in order for a Vendor to determine the extent to which a distribution is includible in gross income.

(e) If any Vendor ceases to be eligible to receive Elective Deferrals under the

Plan, the Employer will enter into an information sharing agreement as described in Section 6.4(d) to the extent the Employer’s contract with the Vendor does not provide for the exchange of information described in Section 6.4(d)(1) and (2).

(Please Note: Contract and Custodial Account Exchanges as discussed in this section are only allowed between the current authorized vendors within this Four State Colleges in Colorado 403b Plan Document.)

6.5 Permissive Service Credit Transfers.

(a) If a Participant is also a participant in a tax-qualified defined benefit governmental plan (as defined in Section 414(d) of the Code) that provides for the acceptance of plan-to-plan transfers with respect to the Participant, then the Participant may elect to have any portion of the Participant’s Account Balance transferred to the defined benefit governmental plan. A transfer under this Section 6.5(a) may be made before the Participant has had a Severance from Employment

(b) A transfer may be made under Section 6.5(a) only if the transfer is either for the

purchase of permissive service credit (as defined in section 415(n)(3)(A) of the Code) under the receiving defined benefit governmental plan or a repayment to which Section 415 of the Code does not apply by reason of section 415(k)(3) of the Code.

(c) In addition, if a plan-to-plan transfer does not constitute a complete transfer of

the Participant’s or Beneficiary’s interest in the transferor plan, the Plan shall treat the amount transferred as a continuation of a pro rata portion of the Participant’s or Beneficiary’s interest in the transferor plan (e.g., a pro rata portion of the Participant’s or Beneficiary’s interest in any after-tax employee contributions.)

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Section 7

Investment of Contributions

7.1 Manner of Investment. All Elective Deferrals or other amounts contributed to the Plan, all property and rights purchased with such amounts under the Funding Vehicles, and all income attributable to such amounts, property, or rights shall be held and invested in one or more Annuity Contracts or Custodial Accounts. Each Custodial Account shall provide for it to be impossible, prior to the satisfaction of all liabilities with respect to Participants and their Beneficiaries, for any part of the assets and income of the Custodial Account to be used for, or diverted to, purposes other than the exclusive benefit of Participants and their Beneficiaries. 7.2 Investment of Contributions. Each Participant or Beneficiary shall direct the investment of his or her Account among the investment options available under the Annuity Contract or Custodial Account in accordance with the terms of the Individual Agreements. Transfers among Annuity Contracts and Custodial Accounts may be made to the extent provided in the Individual Agreements and permitted under applicable Income Tax Regulations. 7.3 Current and Former Vendors. The Administrator shall maintain a list of all Vendors under the Plan. Such list is hereby incorporated as part of the Plan. (See Appendix A for list of currently authorized Vendors.) Each Vendor and the Administrator shall exchange such information as may be necessary to satisfy section 403(b) of the Code or other requirements of applicable law. In the case of a Vendor which is not eligible to receive Elective Deferrals under the Plan (including a Vendor which has ceased to be a Vendor eligible to receive Elective Deferrals under the Plan and a Vendor holding assets under the plan in accordance with Section 6.2 or 6.4), the Employer shall keep the Vendor informed of the name and contact information of the Administrator in order to coordinate information necessary to satisfy section 403(b) of the Code or other requirements of applicable law.

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Section 8

Amendment and Plan Termination

8.1 Termination of Contributions. The Employer has adopted the Plan with the intention and expectation that contributions will be continued indefinitely. However, the Employer has no obligation or liability whatsoever to maintain the Plan for any length of time and may discontinue contributions under the Plan at any time without any liability hereunder for any such discontinuance. 8.2 Amendment and Termination. The Employer reserves the authority to amend or terminate this Plan at any time. 8.3 Distribution upon Termination of the Plan. The Employer may provide that, in connection with a termination of the Plan and subject to any restrictions contained in the Individual Agreements, all Accounts will be distributed, provided that the Employer and any Related Employer on the date of termination do not make contributions to an alternative section 403(b) contract that is not part of the Plan during the period beginning on the date of plan termination and ending 12 months after the distribution of all assets from the Plan, except as permitted by the Income Tax Regulations.

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Section 9

Miscellaneous

9.1 NonAssignability. Except as provided in Section 9.2 and 9.3, the interests of each Participant or Beneficiary under the Plan are not subject to the claims of the Participant’s or Beneficiary’s creditors; and neither the Participant nor any Beneficiary shall have any right to sell, assign, transfer, or otherwise convey the right to receive any payments hereunder or any interest under the Plan, which payment and interest are expressly declared to be nonassignable and nontransferable. 9.2 Domestic Relation Orders. Notwithstanding Section 9.1, if a judgment, decree or order (including approval of a property settlement agreement) that relates to the provision of child support, alimony payments, or the marital property rights of a spouse or former spouse, child, or other dependent of a Participant is made pursuant to the domestic relations law of any State (“domestic relations order”), then the amount of the Participant’s Account Balance shall be paid in the manner and to the person or persons so directed in the domestic relations order. Such payment shall be made without regard to whether the Participant is eligible for a distribution of benefits under the Plan. The Administrator shall establish reasonable procedures for determining the status of any such decree or order and for effectuating distribution pursuant to the domestic relations order. 9.3 IRS Levy. Notwithstanding Section 9.1, the Administrator may pay from a Participant’s or Beneficiary’s Account Balance the amount that the Administrator finds is lawfully demanded under a levy issued by the Internal Revenue Service with respect to that Participant or Beneficiary or is sought to be collected by the United Sates Government under a judgment resulting from an unpaid tax assessment against the Participant or Beneficiary. 9.4 Tax Withholding. Contributions to the Plan are subject to applicable employment taxes (including, if applicable, Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) taxes with respect to Elective Deferrals, which constitute wages under section 3121 of the Code). Any benefit payment made under the Plan is subject to applicable income tax withholding requirements. (Including section 3401 of the Code and the Employment Tax Regulations thereunder). A payee shall provide such information as the Administrator may need to satisfy income tax withholding obligations, and any other information that may be required by guidance issued under the Code. 9.5 Payments to Minors and Incompetents. If a Participant or Beneficiary entitled to receive any benefits hereunder is a minor or is adjudged to be legally incapable of giving valid receipt and discharge for such benefits, or is deemed so by the Administrator, benefits will be paid to such person as the Administrator may designate for the benefit of such Participant or Beneficiary. Such payments shall be considered a payment to such Participant or Beneficiary and shall, to the extent made, be deemed a complete discharge of any liability for such payments under the Plan. 9.6 Mistaken Contributions. If any contribution (or any portion of a contribution) is made to the Plan by a good faith mistake of fact, then within one year after the payment

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of the contribution, and upon receipt in good order of a proper request approved by the Administrator, the amount of the mistaken contribution (adjusted for any income or loss in value, if any, allocable thereto) shall be returned directly to the Participant or, to the extent required or permitted by the Administrator, to the Employer. 9.7 Procedure When Distributee Can not be Located. The Administrator shall make all reasonable attempts to determine the identity and address of a Participant or a Participant’s Beneficiary entitled to benefits under the Plan. For this purpose, a reasonable attempt means (a) the mailing by certified mail of a notice to the last known address shown on each specific college’s (Adams State College, Mesa State College, Metropolitan State College of Denver, and Western State College) or the Administrator’s records, (b) notification sent to the Social Security Administration or the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (under their program to identify payees under retirement plans), and (c) the payee has not responded within 6 months. If the Administrator is unable to locate such a person entitled to benefits hereunder, or if there has been no claim made for such benefits, the funding vehicle shall continue to hold the benefits due such person. 9.8 Incorporation of Individual Agreements. The Plan, together with the Individual Agreements, is intended to satisfy the requirements of section 403(b) of the Code and the Income Tax Regulations thereunder. Terms and conditions of the Individual Agreements are hereby incorporated by reference into the Plan, excluding those terms that are inconsistent with the Plan or section 403(b) or the Code. 9.9 Governing Law. The Plan will be construed, administered and enforced according to the Code and the laws of the State of Colorado which is where the Employer has its principal place of business for all four State Colleges. 9.10 Headings. Headings of the Plan have been inserted for convenience of reference only and are to be ignored in any construction of the provisions hereof. 9.11 Gender. Pronouns used in the Plan in the masculine or feminine gender include both genders unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. IN WITENSS WHEREOF, the Employer has caused this Plan to be executed this______ day of ______, __________. Employer:_________________________________ By:______________________________________ Title:_____________________________________ Date signed:_______________________________ Effective Date of the Plan:____________________

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APPENDIX A

LIST OF CURRENT AUTHORIZED 403(B) VENDORS

American International Group, Inc.

Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company (AIG VALIC)

Rocky Mountain Regional Office 165 South Union Boulevard, Suite 600

Lakewood, CO 80228-9965 1-800-448-2542

Web Site: www.aigvalic.com

Fidelity Investments Tax Exempt Services Company 49 North 400 West

Salt Lake City, UT 84101 The Account Services Line — 1-800-343-0860

Web Site: www.fidelity.com/atwork

MetLife Resources 720 So. Colorado Blvd. Suite 950-N

Denver, CO 80246

Security Benefit Life Insurance Company One Security Benefit Place

Topeka, Kansas 66636-0001 1-800-724-7526

[email protected]

Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association/ College Retirement Equities Fund

(TIAA/CREF) Rocky Mountain Regional Office

370 17th Street, Suite 1800 Denver, CO 80202-5602

1-800-842-2776 www.tiaa-cref.org

Waddell & Reed

4582 So. Ulster St. Suite 1300 Denver, CO 80237


See Other Side for Important Information 2007 Salary Reduction Agreement

APPENDIX B---(Draft—to be updated prior to 1/01/09) SALARY REDUCTION AGREEMENT (SRA)

For the Four State Colleges in Colorado Tax Deferred Annuity (TDA) Plan 403(b)

(Available to all “benefits-eligible” employees)

# ASC # MSC # MSCD # WSC Tax Year 200_ This is: An Original ______; To Amend_______; To Cancel Agreement_______.

Employee Name: ______________________________________________SSN:____________________ First Name Middle Initial Last Name

1. AGREEMENT — Between the Employee and the Employer

I HEREBY AUTHORIZE a reduction to my eligible pay by $ PER TAX YEAR [$ PER MONTH for ____MONTHS], effective (month), 200 , and my Employer agrees to remit this amount on my behalf to the following Authorized Tax Deferred Annuity (TDA) Vendor:

NAME OF TDA VENDOR ___________________________________________________________

I UNDERSTAND that this SRA applies only to eligible compensation paid to me after this Agreement takes effect. I FURTHER UNDERSTAND that I may change or cancel the amount of my salary reduction effective for any payroll period by filing a new SRA with my Employer at least five business days before my employer’s payroll deadline. I may also cancel the SRA by notifying my employer in writing by the deadline stated in the previous sentence.

2. LIMITS ON CONTRIBUTIONS — 15 year “Make up” contribution calculation may be required

I UNDERSTAND the requirements and procedures specified in Paragraph A on the back of this SRA. MY SIGNATURE below is my agreement to comply.

3. INDEMNIFICATION OF EMPLOYER

I UNDERSTAND that I am required to provide complete and accurate information to my TDA vendor and the consequences of not doing so as specified in Paragraph B on the back of this form. MY SIGNATURE below is my agreement to comply.

Employee Signature: __________________________________________ Date: _______________ Employer Signature: __________________________________________ Title: _______________


SALARY REDUCTION AGREEMENT—Page 2 For the Four State Colleges in Colorado

Tax Deferred Annuity (TDA) Plan 403(b)

Paragraph A: Regarding limitations on contributions I UNDERSTAND that this SRA does not require the Employer to make salary reduction contributions that exceed contribution limitations established by the Internal Revenue Code. I UNDERSTAND that I am responsible for securing (if requested to do so by the College Human Resources Office) a completed and signed 15 year “make up” contribution calculation worksheet from my TDA vendor or vendors which shows that the amount of my salary reduction set forth in Paragraph 1 of this SRA does not exceed the limitations that apply to this SRA. I also understand that the Employer will provide to me, at my request, any available information from the Employer’s records that may assist me or my TDA vendor in completing the required analysis and worksheet. The 15 year “make up” contribution calculation (Code section 402(g) (7)) will be requested only if the following annual contribution amounts are exceeded: Year Base Maximum Contribution + Catch-up for employees over 50 = Maximum if over 50 yrs of age 2006 $15,000 plus $5,000 * $20,000 2007 $15,500 plus $5,000 * $20,500 2008 $15,500 ** plus $5,000 * (**) $20,500 ** 2009 $15,500 ** plus $5,000 * (**) $20,500 ** * I UNDERSTAND that if my annual contribution includes “Catch-up contributions” for being 50 years of age by December 31 of the contribution year, the Human Resources Office will review my employment files for date of birth information prior to determining if a 15 year “make up” contribution calculation worksheet will be requested. ** Increases to the Base Maximum and age 50 and over Catch-up Contributions for each year after 2007 will be established by the IRS by November of the previous year based on economic inflation factors. Please check with your Human Resources Office or the selected vendor for the most current IRS contribution limits. I FURTHER UNDERSTAND that, while this SRA is for salary reductions remitted to a single vendor, I may have more than one SRA in effect at a time. If, however, I have directed that more than one TDA vendor is to receive simultaneous 403(b) salary reductions, the annual total salary reduction from all simultaneous SRAs in effect shall not exceed the maximum allowed per year. To ensure this, I understand that I must submit to the Human Resources Office all concurrent SRA’s for the different vendors.

Paragraph B: Regarding full disclosure of relevant information to my TDA vendor I UNDERSTAND that, to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code limiting the amount of compensation that may be deferred in a Section 403(b) investment, the 15 year “make up” contribution calculation worksheet that may be required by Paragraph 2 of this SRA must be based on complete and accurate information, including but not limited to, my length of employment, current salary and current and past contributions to Section 403(b) plans. I FURTHER UNDERSTAND that disclosure of incomplete or inaccurate information to the person preparing the 15 year “make up” contribution calculation worksheet may lead to an erroneous calculation of the lawful limits on my participation in the Employer’s section 403(b) plan and that the Employer—through no fault of its own—may, as a result, incur certain liabilities to the IRS including, but not limited to, payment of unpaid income withholding taxes, interest, and penalties. I THEREFORE AGREE to provide complete, accurate, and timely information to the section 403(b) TDA vendor whose representative prepares the 15 year “make up” contribution calculation worksheet and further agree to indemnify and hold the Employer harmless from all liabilities, claims, and costs of any kind whatsoever directly or indirectly incurred as a result of my failure to provide complete, accurate, and timely information to the TDA vendor or its representative unless the liability, claim or cost arose as a result of: (i) incomplete or inaccurate information provided to me by the Employer; or (ii) a mistake made solely by the TDA vendor or its representative.


AGENDA ITEM: Personnel ISSUE: Report of personnel actions which have occurred since the last

Board agenda of September, 2008. BACKGROUND: Temporary Appointments, resignations, retirements and

reassignments which are delegated to the President and do not require approval by the Board.

INFORMATION: The following personnel items are presented to the Board of

Trustees as information. TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS Mr. Eric Sutton, Visiting Assistant Professor of Health Professions, $43,443.00 – August 5, 2008 through December 13, 2008. (TEMPORARY/FACULTY) Dr. James W. Harris, Visiting Assistant Professor of Geography, $44,950.00 – August 5, 2008 through May 16, 2009. (TEMPORARY/FACULTY) Ms. Nancy Sayre, Visiting Assistant Professor of Health Professions, $43,443.00 – August 6, 2008 through May 16, 2009. (TEMPORARY/FACULTY) Ms. Pamela Cochrane, Faculty, Teacher in Residence Program – CASEL, $49,091.00 – August 8, 2008 through June 30, 2009. (TEMPORARY/ADMINISTRATIVE) Ms. Gail Everard, Faculty, Teacher in Residence Program, $49,091.00 – September 2, 2008 through June 30, 2009. (TEMPORARY/ADMINISTRATIVE) Ms. Giao Giang, Grant and Compliance Manager, $60,000.00 – September 10, 2008 through June 30, 2009. (TEMPORARY/ADMINISTRATIVE) Ms. Jennifer Haskell, STEPS Program Manager, $42,458.00 – September 23, 2008 through June 30, 2009. (TEMPORARY/ADMINISTRATIVE) Mr. Christopher Litt, Assistant Athletic Trainer, $3,500 – October 15, 2008 through December 31, 2008. (TEMPORARY/ADMINISTRATIVE) Dr. Maureen Lancaster, Senior Project Leader, $80,000 – October 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009. (TEMPORARY/ADMINISTRATIVE) RESIGNATIONS Mr. Dzung Nguyen, Scholarship Counselor, effective August 8, 2008.


Mr. Louis Melucci, Assistant Director of Financial Aid – Loans, effective September 3, 2008. Dr. Kenneth Keller, TQE Faculty Liaison, effective September 4, 2008. Ms. Denise Beahm Schuette, Director Information Technology Customer Support Service, effective September 5, 2008. Ms. Luanna Sierra, CAMP Assistant, effective September 5, 2008. Mr. Grant Birely, Interim Assistant Men's Baseball Coach, effective September 22, 2008. Ms. Brandi D. Saturley, Executive Assistant to the President, effective September 30, 2008. Ms. Maureen McKenna, Assistant Vice President of Development, effective December 31, 2008 Dr. Elizabeth A. Moore, Visiting Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology, effective December 31, 2008 RETIREMENTS Ms. Maureen J. Johnson, Academic Coordinator, effective October 3, 2008. Mr. Thomas J. Corona, Associate Professor of Meteorology, effective January 1, 2009. REASSIGNMENTS Mr. Kenneth Gurule, Director, IT Desktop & Lab support Services, $89,108.00 – September 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009. (FROM CLASSIFIED TO ADMINISTRATIVE) Ms. Donna Fowler, Director of Internal Communications, $85,000.00 – October 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009. (FROM CLASSIFIED TO ADMINISTRATIVE) LEAVE WITHOUT PAY Dr. Jennifer Wynot Garza, Associate Professor of History, January 15, 2009 through May 16, 2009.


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President’s!Written!Report!to!the!Board!November 5, 2008

I am happy to report that Metro State continues to educate the community on and off the campus, as evidenced by the broad range of media coverage over the last several weeks. Our expert faculty and staff continue to provide in-depth commentary on the U.S. presidential election, the financial crisis, and amendments on the Colorado ballot. The College was also highlighted for its increased enrollment among students of color and for the “Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Prints and Objects” exhibition at the Center for Visual Art. These news media stories showcase Metro State’s many successes and help further the College as the preeminent public urban baccalaureate college in the nation.

Metro!State!in!the!Media! President Stephen Jordan has been quoted in the news media on a variety of issues affecting the College. Most recently, on Oct. 16, President Jordan was cited in the Rocky Mountain News and The Denver Post about the possibility of the College adding graduate programs. To read the articles, go to: http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_10730779 http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/oct/16/metro-state-college-floats-plan-to-add-grad/. Oct. 8, President Jordan, in his role as chair of the President’s Council for NCAA Division II, was featured in a video interview on NCAA News. To view, go to http://web1.ncaa.org/web_video/newmedia/DrJordan9-10.html On Sept. 19, President Jordan was quoted in a Denver Post piece about Amendment 46. On Sept. 11, the College’s “Countdown to the 2008 Democratic National Convention: Skyline Park Series” was highlighted in a Denver Post piece featuring President Jordan’s thoughts about the DNC. On the same day, the series was also mentioned in a Rocky Mountain News piece that included a photo of President Jordan and Political Science Professor Norman Provizer. Metro State’s increased enrollment of students of color was mentioned in the Rocky Mountain News on Sept. 18, 19 and 23. Interim Associate to the President for Institutional Diversity Myron Anderson was cited on the reasons for the increase in the Sept. 18 issue. To read the articles, go to: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/sep/18/college-enrollments-mixed/ http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/sep/19/cu-enrollment-up-25-percent/ http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/sep/22/black-indian-enrollment-csu/ The Metro State Center for Visual Art exhibition “Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Prints and Objects” received wonderful coverage in September and October.


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In October, the same Associated Press (AP) feature article on the exhibit was picked up by more than a dozen newspapers in the U.S. and Canada, including: The Denver Post, Chicago Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, The Casper-Star Tribune, The Indiana Gazette, Jackson Hole Star Tribune, Brandon Sun, Calibre, Post Star, The Hamilton Spectator, and Press of Atlantic City. The following radio stations also ran the AP article on their Web sites: CJOB Superstation (Manitoba), Macleans.ca, Canada, CJXY-FM – Online, Country 105, CKRY FM, CILQ-FM (Q107) – Online, CHED-AM – Online. To view one of the articles, go to: http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-ap-christo-and-jeanne-claude,0,7806149.story Locally, CVA Director and Curator Jennifer Garner talked about the exhibit on KCFR “Colorado Matters” on Oct. 9. To listen to the 12-minute piece, go to http://www.kcfr.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=489. The exhibit was reviewed by the Rocky Mountain News art critic on Sept. 12 and the Westword art critic on Sept. 4. In addition, on Sept. 4 and 10 the exhibit was highlighted in the “Now Showing” section of Westword. To read, go to: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/sep/12/metro-exhibit-showcases-wrap-stars-christo/ The Metro State Food Bank was featured on the cover of the “Denver and the West” section in The Denver Post on Sept. 30. Assistant Dean of Student Life Johanna Maes was quoted in the piece, while Brittany Pyle, 21, a senior at Metro State and an organizer of the food bank was also interviewed and featured in a photo that ran with the piece. To read go to: http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_10594886 On Oct. 4, the College’s Aviation and Aerospace Science Department was mentioned for its Air Traffic Controller (ATC) in a Turkey publication, Focus on Travel News. On Sept. 17, the Longmont Times-Call cited Associate Professor of Aviation and Aerospace Science James Simmons about the ATC program. To read one of the articles, go to: http://www.ftnnews.com/content/view/3489/27/lang,english/. Tools of the Mind, headed by Deborah J. Leong, an educational psychologist and professor emerita at Metro State, was featured in The Gainesville Sun on Sept. 15 and Education Week (subscription required) on Oct. 7. To read, go to: http://www.gainesville.com/article/20080915/ZNYT04/809150303 Metro State faculty members have also shared their expertise on a broad range of subjects. Analyzing the presidential debates almost became a full-time gig for some of our professors. Assistant Professor of Political Science Robert Preuhs served as a political analyst after the final presidential debate on Oct. 15. A couple of professors served as analysts for the presidential debate on Oct. 7 with Professor of Political Science Norman Provizer on CW2 and Associate Professor of Political Science Richard Moeller on 9NEWS. The vice presidential debate on Oct. 2 spurred a triple-header for Metro State political analysts. Following the debate, three television stations featured four Metro State professors: Political Science Professor Norman Provizer and Assistant Professor Sheila Rucki on FOX31, Assistant Professor of African and


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African American Studies Derrick Hudson on CW2 and Associate Professor of Political Science Richard Moeller on 9NEWS. To view one of the clips, go to http://www.9news.com/news/elections/article.aspx?storyid=101009&catid=139 In fact, Professor Provizer has become a regular on Denver television, appearing on FOX31, 9NEWS, CBS4, and CW2 as a political analyst. He has also been quoted frequently by Colorado newspapers including The Vail Trail, The Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News about the election and the U.S. Senate race. In the last month, he has participated in more than a dozen interviews. When the country’s financial crisis took center stage, so did Professor of Economics Mohammed Akacem. On Oct. 8, he penned a column for the New Statesman (UK). On Oct. 4, Akacem was quoted in a Denver Post piece about the role of home ownership in the financial crisis. On Oct. 1, Akacem penned an opinion piece about the financial bailout for the Rocky Mountain News. On Sept. 29, he was quoted in The Denver Post, and on 7NEWS and KOA Radio about the financial bailout. Akacem was interviewed on KYGO radio’s public affairs show about the country’s financial crisis on Sept. 21. The 10-minute piece ran on Sept. 21 on KYGO 98.5 at 5a.m., KQKS 107.5 at 5:30 a.m., KKFN 104.3 at 6 a.m., and on KEPN 1600 at 6 a.m. To read one of his columns, go to http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/oct/01/akacem-no-bailout-please-im-done-paying/ Chair and Finance Professor Paul Camp, on Oct. 9, was interviewed about the financial crisis on FOX 31 “Good Day Colorado.” On Oct. 7 Assistant Professor of Accounting Allan S. Rosenbaum was interviewed on FOX31 “Good Day Colorado” about how to save cash during a financial crisis. Dean of the School of Business and Professor of Economics John Cochran was interviewed by KOA Radio “Colorado’s Morning News” on Oct. 6. FOX31 interviewed Cochran on Oct. 3 about the financial bailout. On Oct. 1 he was interviewed by CW2 on its morning show. On Oct. 1, Assistant Professor of Computer Science Nels Grevstad was interviewed by 9NEWS about the value of the $700 billion financial bailout if distributed directly to the citizens. To view the piece, go to http://www.9news.com/rss/article.aspx?storyid=100914 On Oct.1, Chair and Professor of Economics Arthur “Trey” Fleisher commented on Amendment 56, listed on Colorado’s November ballot. On Sept. 29, Associate Professor of Finance Frank Elston was interviewed on FOX31’s “Good Day Colorado” about the House’s vote against the financial bailout. On Sept. 24, Affiliate Professor of Speech Communication William Murphy was interviewed on KOA Radio’s “Colorado Morning News.” The three-minute piece discussed how presidential candidates can be most effective in their debates.


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On Sept. 2, Assistant Professor of Chemistry Roosevelt Price was interviewed by FOX31 about the importance of parents not doing their children’s homework. The piece also ran on FOX5-TV in Atlanta on Sept. 17 and FOX16-TV in Little Rock, Arkansas on Oct. 3. In other news, the October/November issue of Denver Woman magazine featured Metro State psychology grad LaRae Scott-Jennings for her work as a community educator with Girls Incorporated of Metro Denver. Scott-Jennings minored in African American Studies. Metro State was mentioned in a piece about smart classrooms that ran in the Oct. 17 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education. To read the piece, go to http://chronicle.com/free/v55/i08/08a01701.htm. Metro State was mentioned in the Rocky Mountain News on Oct. 7 and 7NEWS on Oct. 8 about the Nuggets on-campus practice for more than 1,500 elementary students. To read the articles, go to: http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_10670322 http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/oct/07/bruise-cant-keep-nuggets-andersen-out-against/ Financial Aid Director Cindy Hejl was featured in a 7NEWS piece on Oct. 7 about college loans and the financial crisis. Similar pieces ran on Oct. 8 and Oct. 11 on 9NEWS. To view the pieces, go to: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/17651822/detail.html http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=101430&catid=188 http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=101430&catid=188 On Oct. 1, The Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News ran pieces on how construction projects at Colorado colleges are being affected by the financial crisis. On Sept. 24, the Coloradoan announced the participation of Psychology and Women’s Studies Professor A.J. Steele in Colorado State University's “Outstanding Women at Noon” series focusing on human trafficking in Northern Colorado. To read, go to: http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080924/UPDATES01/80924006 On Sept. 18, Colorado Higher Ed News announced the visit of the Yunnan Radio and Television University delegation from Kunming China. To read, go to http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=554 Professor of Human Performance and Sport Joe Quatrochi was cited in a Sept. 17 piece in the Southeast Missourian. He was the keynote speaker for the Saint Francis Medical Center Business Health Summit. To read, go to http://www.semissourian.com/article/20080917/NEWS01/709179887/-1/news01 On Sept. 15, Colorado Higher Ed News announced new commencement robes for Metro State graduating seniors. To read, go to http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=531


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On Sept. 4 in the Rocky Mountain News, Metro State was mentioned as a beneficiary of the “Denver Food & Wine Classic” which was hosted by Southern Wine & Spirits of Colorado and the Colorado Restaurant Association Education Foundation. In the last month, Metro State was cited in more than 40 news media stories and blogs, including The Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News, CBS4, FOXNews, The O’Reilly Factor television show and the KOA Radio “Mike Rosen Show” regarding the College’s response to a student complaint about a class assignment. On Oct. 16, The Rocky Mountain News ran a column about the results of the investigation. To read, go to http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/oct/16/carroll-metros-juvenile-prof/

Metro!State!and!HSI! Faculty and staff play key roles in national HACU conference: Metro State faculty and staff took advantage of “Championing Hispanic Higher Education Success: Strengthening the Nation's Prosperity and Opportunity,” the national conference of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), in Denver earlier this week, to propel the College further toward its goal of achieving Hispanic Serving Institution status.

Faculty and staff deliver presentations on seeking HSI status and leadership: “Achieving Preeminence: The Process of Becoming a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI)” -Judi Diaz Bonacquisti, associate vice president for enrollment services -Luis Torres, interim deputy provost -Sandra Haynes, dean of the School of Professional Studies -Sen. Paula Sandoval, state legislator

“Designing a Strategic Recruitment and Retention Plan for an Emerging HSI” -Elena Sandoval-Lucero, director of admissions and outreach

“Latinos and Student Leadership: What We’ve Learned from the Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership” -Greta Mincer, associate director of Student Activities

College sponsors Youth Leadership Development Forum: Metro State was a lead sponsor, together with UCD and CCD, of the HACU Youth Leadership Forum, held Oct. 10 at the Tivoli Student Union. About 250 Colorado high school students as well as high school counselors participated in the forum, intended to help recruit and educate Latino students about Colorado colleges and universities.

“As the nation’s leading voice for Hispanic higher education, HACU also is committed to actively engaging pre-collegiate students in our efforts to promote college access, equity and success for the nation’s youngest and largest minority population,” said HACU President and CEO Antonio Flores, who addressed the students at the start of the day’s events.


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Metro State co-hosts HACU Colorado breakfast: Metro State and Colorado State University-Pueblo co-hosted a breakfast for the newly developing Colorado chapter of HACU with the intent of cultivating a consortium of colleges and universities interested in providing more access and opportunity for higher education to Latino students.

“It was great to be among a group of high-spirited leaders who are committed to building a foundation that will allow us to enroll and graduate Latinos, no matter which institution they choose to attend,” said Metro State President Stephen Jordan.

Building on the momentum of the first HACU-Colorado forum held at last year’s national conference in Chicago, the gathering attracted about 60 leaders from public and private colleges and universities throughout the state. Addressing the gathering were Jordan, CSU-Pueblo President Joe Garcia, Metro State Trustee Antonio Esquibel and State Sen. Paula Sandoval. The participants discussed the DREAM (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors) Act, which is the subject of ongoing debate at the federal level.

Luis Torres, interim deputy provost and co-chair of Metro State’s HSI Task Force, said that the development of a Colorado chapter of HACU will help the College’s goal of achieving HSI status. “It’s important for us to know what other institutions are doing in this area, and to share best practices and learn about difficulties in, for example, the areas of recruitment and retention,” Torres said.

Metro State College to receive 2008 Spirit of Tlatelolco Education Award: Metro State has been selected the recipient of the 2008 Spirit of Tlatelolco Award from Escuela Tlatelolco, a community-based K-12 school in North Denver that was just named one of Denver’s top schools by 5280 magazine.

Nita Gonzales, president and CEO of Escuela Tlatelolco, said that for 25 of its 38 years of existence, the school has been presenting the Spirit of Tlatelolco award to institutions and individuals who champion crucial reform in the area of community and empowerment opportunities and social justice for Denver’s Chicano/Mexican/Latino community.

“This award recognizes people who make a stand for justice, even against incredible odds,” Gonzales said. “We appreciate Metro State, and the fact that it has sometimes stood up, against odds,” for Latinos. Gonzales also cited the diversity of Metro State’s student body and faculty commitment to diversity as considerations for the award.

In its notification letter, the award selection committee wrote: “Your selection is our humble way of recognizing those whose time, talents, integrity and dedication have enriched the quality of life, not only of our community, but also the Colorado community.


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Metro!State!Athletics! Maloney Named First-Team Academic All-RMAC: The Metro State women's soccer team placed two student-athletes on the 2008 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) Academic All-Conference Team. Junior Becca Maloney was a unanimous first team selection. The goalkeeper holds down a 3.80 GPA in Philosophy. She leads the conference in goals against average (.21) and save percentage (.951). Junior defender Carrie Aversano was named to the second team. The Lakewood, Colo. native has a 3.54 GPA in modern language.

Sportsmanship key to being a leader: Metropolitan State College of Denver President Stephen M. Jordan, in his capacity as chair of the President’s Council of National College Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II, was featured Oct. 8 in a video on NCAA News, the official news of the NCAA. An avid rugby player, Jordan reminisces about his own athletic experiences, including 20 years playing in the sport that took him to the Golden Oldies Rugby Festival in Auckland, New Zealand and London. Jordan, who also played baseball for a stint while attending the U.S. Military Academy, says student-athletes have the foundation to become great leaders. “The things learned on the athletic field are teamwork, overcoming adversity and dealing with the ups and downs of life,” says Jordan, who earlier this year attended an event that celebrated student-athletes from around the country. In May, Jordan, along with Metro State Athletic Director Joan McDermott, attended the NCAA’s third Division II Championships Festival. The festival, hosted by the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority and Rice University, featured competitions for national titles in six sports: softball, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s tennis and women’s lacrosse. With 70 teams represented, the festival had an Olympic flavor, with opening and closing ceremonies. They also participated in civic engagement, a key value for Metro State. While there, the athletes, administrators and other volunteers built 10 homes in the Houston area in conjunction with Habitat for Humanity. They also held clinics for middle school and high school athletes. “The festival provided an opportunity for student-athletes to participate in high-level athletics competition and make a positive impact on the Houston community while maintaining their academic focus,” says Jordan.


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News!at!Metro!State!

President to Seek Graduate Programs: President Stephen Jordan announced his intention to Faculty Senate last week to seek approval from the Board of Trustees to pursue legislative authorization to add graduate programs at the master’s degree level to the College’s degree offerings. Jordan made the announcement after consulting with the BOT’s Academic and Student Services Subcommittee. Both groups approve of the idea. Jordan will submit a proposal to the trustees at their November 5th meeting. It will be a lengthy process if the BOT allows the proposal to go forward. “Realistically, if everything goes smoothly, we’d be able to offer one or more graduate programs by fall of 2010,” Jordan says. The decision as to which academic programs might be involved has not been made, but teacher education, criminal justice and social work are three that Jordan lists as having great potential for expansion into master’s programs. “These are three of our premier programs that are important to the community that we serve,” Jordan says. “It would be a benefit to offer graduate programs to our students, most who come from and remain in the seven-county metro Denver area after graduation.” The final determination will be made through the legislative process, he adds. The idea also dovetails with the College’s Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) initiative. Jordan believes that offering graduate degrees will make Metro State more attractive to Latino students, as the College works to essentially double its Latino student population–from 13 percent of the student body to 25 percent– over the next 10 years. (To read more about the HSI initiative, go to http://www.mscd.edu/~collcom/artman/publish/hsi_twv5020608.shtml.) The HSI Task Force included in its report the idea that graduate education will attract more faculty of color, considered a key component to enrolling and retaining students of color. Another reason to offer graduate programs, Jordan says, is his intention to add 40 tenured and tenure-track faculty each year for the next seven years. “Having graduate programs will expand the overall pool of scholars interested in working for Metro State,” Jordan says, “and bolster our goal of preeminence.”

Metro State maintains second-largest undergrad population: For the fourth straight year, Metro State has the second-largest undergraduate student population in Colorado, edging out Colorado State University by almost 900 students.


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Colorado University at Boulder is still the largest institution with 29,709 students (undergraduate- and graduate-level), a 2.5 percent increase over last year. Overall enrollment at the University of Northern Colorado dropped 2.2 percent, to 11,925.

College launches improved emergency notification system: Metropolitan State College of Denver is launching an improved emergency alert text and voice messaging system to communicate to faculty, staff and students during a campus crisis. The program, operated by Rave Wireless, will send a text message alert to all enrolled cell phones in the event of imminent danger at the Auraria Campus. Students, faculty and staff who were not previously registered for campus emergency notification are encouraged to register for this free service by going to http://www.mscd.edu/ENS. Those who are registered will automatically be switched to this new system effective immediately and should not experience any gap in service.

All participants need to update their cell numbers if the contact information changes. While this service is free, participants should be aware that cellular phone providers may charge a fee per text message for the delivery of emergency notifications to your cell phone. The text messaging alert complements emergency communications already in place, which include campus-wide emergency e-mail, Web site alerts, broadcast voice messaging to campus telephone extensions, electronic signage, communications with news media and the Campus 24/7 Information Line (303-556-2401).

Metro State hosts first Fulbright Scholar: Many Metro State faculty members have travelled the globe as Fulbright Scholars over the years. But this year represents the first time that the College is hosting one. Ela Krejcova, a linguistics professor from Palacky University in the Czech Republic and Metro State’s first Fulbright-sponsored Scholar-in-Residence, arrived in Denver in August.

Krejcova’s Fulbright was actually the brainchild of Metro State Linguistics Professor Robin Quizar, who taught English at Palacky University in the 2006-07 academic year under her own Fulbright. (See http://www.mscd.edu/~collcom/artman/publish/quizar_twv3032806.shtml.) Krejcova was both Quizar’s fellow faculty member and her Czech tutor.

“Robin attended one of my classes,” says Krejcova. “She was shocked by how much we talked about grammar.” This got them to comparing the different styles, systems and approaches to teaching languages in the two countries. “In the U.S., English students mainly study literature. In the Czech Republic, it’s half literature and half linguistics,” says Krejcova. Upon her return to the United States, Quizar learned about the Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Program, which brings scholars and professionals from abroad to lecture at U.S. colleges and universities, particularly minority-serving institutions, small liberal arts colleges and community colleges, many of which do not often have the opportunity to host visiting scholars.


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Center for Innovation expands reach, extends entrepreneurial edge: Metro State’s Center for Innovation is expanding its reach to promote vibrant entrepreneurial spirit throughout the College and the greater Denver community.

Monthly workshops seek to jumpstart success A fortuitous invitation to a celebratory gathering paved the way for Center for Innovation Director Mick Jackowski to make a difference with homeless men.

When local nonprofit group Step 13 held their 25-year anniversary event, Jackowski was there with his thinking cap on. A transitional living program, Step 13 serves addicted homeless individuals who show a desire to break the “alcohol, drug, shelter and soup kitchen dependency cycle and become productive members of society.”

After the event, Jackowski approached the group about working with a few of their most promising clients to explore, over the course of nine months, the principles behind starting a successful business.

On Sept. 24, the collaborative effort kicked off in an hour-long workshop session that had Jackowski asking the three chosen participants to identify their personal values– the first step in forming a business plan. Future topics will build upon prior sessions and include: identifying passion, finding and solving problems with that passion, determining a vision and mission, constructing business objectives and strategies and developing an action plan.

E-Mentorship Program opens doors, fosters dialogue In an effort to act as an entrepreneurial conduit, the center is currently in the process of recruiting entrepreneurs, angel investors, venture capitalists and entrepreneurial coaches who are willing to serve as mentors for students at Metro State and the Denver Venture School, a public charter high school.

The E-Mentorship Program, a one-year relationship conducted almost entirely via e-mail messages and online discussion forums, is founded on the idea that mentoring is one of the core ingredients of any entrepreneur’s success.

Christo and Jeanne-Claude draw crowds, support for the CVA: An estimated 1,500 art students and enthusiasts from the Denver community attended the free public lecture by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Thursday, Sept. 18, at the Tempe Hoyne Buell Theatre. The event was hosted by Metro State and co-sponsored by CollegeInvest.

The world-renowned artists donated the lecture, loaned their Prints and Objects exhibition at the Center for Visual Art through Nov. 1, and gave several signed prints to Metro State. They also attended a VIP reception and private dinner held that same night for CVA members, exhibition co-sponsors Wells Fargo and Molson Coors, and other supporters of the CVA’s Purchase and Legacy Initiative, which is a campaign to purchase permanent space for the gallery and to enhance its educational and outreach programming.


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“Eighteen months ago when I first heard that CVA Director/Curator Jennifer Garner had secured Christo and Jeanne-Claude and their fabulous exhibition, I knew that this was an incredible opportunity to leverage these world-class artists in support of the CVA,” says Carrie Besnette, vice president of Institutional Advancement and executive director of the Metro State Foundation. “Consequently, with the hard work of everyone involved and the lead $425,000 grant from the Boettcher Foundation, we are now almost halfway to raising our $2 million goal.”

“The entire experience has been an incredible coup for Metro State,” adds President Stephen Jordan. “It once again brought us to the attention of the Denver community as a preeminent urban college with the academic resources to enrich the quality of their lives in any number of ways. Kudos to the CVA staff, the Art Department, everyone in Institutional Advancement and all the many student volunteers for making this an event to remember.”

VIP reception Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, honorary co-chair of the VIP reception, also spoke of the temporary nature of the artists’ work, but shared a story of how it endures in people’s memory.

Speaking to the more than 150 attendees at the VIP reception, Hickenlooper told of overhearing a waitress at a diner in Rifle, Colo., discuss Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Valley Curtain 12 years after its installation. The waitress remembered it as though it were yesterday, Hickenlooper said. Valley Curtain had to be removed after only 28 hours because of gale-force winds.

“The VIP reception was wonderful,” says Joan Foster, dean of the School of Letters, Arts and Sciences. “Not only did it showcase the CVA and Art Department, it also put a spotlight on our Music Department, whose students provided the entertainment, and Culinary Management Director Jackson Lamb and his HTE students, who provided the light fare at the reception and the private dinner menu.”

Editor’s Note: Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Prints and Objects along with several films about the artists continue through Nov. 1 at the CVA. For information, go to http://www.metrostatecva.org/.

Foundation board elects six new members: The Metro State Foundation has elected six new community leaders to its Board of Directors for the 2008-09 academic year. The six kicked off their tenure by attending their first board meeting on Sept. 9.

The new board members are Michael Benson, Jerome Davis, Diedra Garcia, Jim Garrison, Evi Makovsky and Carolynne C. White.

Outgoing board members are Roger Gibson, Elsa Holguin, Carl Neu Jr., Ellen Robinson, Lola Salazar and Stan Sena.

“The foundation will benefit from the strong leadership that these new members will contribute,” says Carrie Besnette, vice president of Institutional Advancement and executive director of the foundation. “We look forward to working with this year's


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slate of directors for a successful and productive year and thank those who are resigning for their years of commitment to Metro State.”

More information about the new board members is provided below.

Michael Benson is senior vice president for business affairs with Kroenke Sports Enterprises. He has been with the organization since 1996, including three years with its prior parent company, Ascent Entertainment Group. Benson previously worked in the finance and planning departments of Pulte Mortgage Corporation. He serves on the executive committee of the board of the Denver Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau. Benson holds a master’s degree in finance from the University of Colorado. Jerome Davis has held a series of progressively responsible positions at Xcel Energy, beginning in substation engineering in 1984, to his current role as area manager for community and local government affairs. He is chair of the board of the Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation, vice-chair for the Denver Chapter of the American Association of Blacks in Energy, and serves as a board member of the Metro Denver Sports Commission and the Johnson & Wales University President’s Roundtable. Davis holds an M.B.A. from Regis University.

Diedra Garcia was appointed manager of the City and County of Denver’s Department of General Services on Sept. 8 by Mayor John Hickenlooper and starts her new position Nov. 2. Formerly president of DRG Construction Corp, one of the region's fastest-growing Hispanic-owned businesses, Garcia was named Outstanding Woman of the Year for Business (Construction and Real Estate) by The Denver Business Journal and Business Woman of the Year by the Denver Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Her extensive board service includes the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, Gateway Women’s Shelter, the State Personnel Board and the Rocky Mountain Community Foundation. Garcia holds a bachelor’s degree in human resources management from Regis University.

Jim Garrison is business manager of RMMI, a Denver-based technology firm. A 1980 Metro State economics graduate, Garrison has served on the board of the Metro State Alumni Association since 2005 and is currently treasurer. Garrison has served on the boards of directors of the National Pedigreed Livestock Council (two years as president) and the Arabian Jockey Club.

Evi Makovsky is an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and Denver University’s Graduate School of Social Work. Previously, she was an assistant Colorado attorney general and Denver’s senior city attorney in employment. Makovsky writes policy for National Jewish Hospital and co-chairs its Ethics Committee. She is a member of the Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado’s Jewish Resource Council (Allocations), the Mayor’s Advisory Council for the Denver Preschool Program and the Denver Health Foundation board. She also chairs the Center for Bioethics and Humanities for the University of Colorado. Makovsky holds a J.D. from University of Denver School of Law.

As a shareholder at Brown Hyatt Farber Schreck, Carolynne C. White’s legal practice focuses on zoning and entitlement as well as municipal election matters. She is the former staff attorney for the Colorado Municipal League and the Denver Water


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Board before that. White has served on numerous boards including for the Legal Aid Foundation, the Colorado Bar Association and the Denver Bar Association (first and second vice president). She currently serves on the City and County of Denver Zoning Task Force. She was named a Colorado Super Lawyer in 2006 and 2007. White holds a J.D. from the University of Denver School of Law.

HR offers ongoing monthly new employee orientation: In an effort to help new employees acclimate to life at Metro State, Human Resources is instituting a new employee orientation program.

“We’ve traditionally held orientations for new faculty members in the fall,” says Ranea Taylor, assistant director of Human Resources. “But we realized that we weren’t providing much for new employees who aren’t faculty—our new staff and administrators.”

So, Human Resources devised a one-day orientation session, to be held on the first Thursday each month, for new employees.

The full-day sessions will provide new employees with information on “campus life and who they’re working with” as well as “a chance to get acclimated with the Metro State family,” according to Taylor.

Enrollment is up, especially among students of color: For the eighth consecutive year, Metro State’s fall enrollment is up, and the bulk of the increase is in students of color.

As of the Sept. 3 fall enrollment census date, total student headcount had increased by 1.2 percent from last fall, from 21,453 students to 21,715.

The vast majority of the increase is in students of color; while total student headcount increased by 262 students from last year, 252 of them were students of color.

“I found it remarkable that students of color accounted for 96.2 percent of the actual growth for the institution,” said Coordinator of Institutional Research Ellen Boswell. The majority was in the category of Asian or Pacific Islander, which went from 844 students to 964, or an increase of 14.2 percent. Black or African American-Non-Hispanic students increased 4.7 percent, Latino students 1.8 percent, and American Indian or Alaska Native 9.3 percent. The number of Caucasian or White-Non-Hispanic students remained basically the same, though their percentage decreased, from 67.3 percent to 66.5 percent.

Students of color now represent 24.7 percent of total enrollment, up from 23.8 percent last fall.

Other interesting facts The number of full-time students increased by 1.7 percent and of part-time students


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by 0.5 percent from Fall 2007 to Fall 2008. The average credit hour load increased from 10.86 to 10.90.

Total full-year full-time equivalent (FTE) students increased by 1.3 percent over last fall, from 7,459 to 7,556, representing a 1.2 percent increase in state-funded courses and a 3.8 percent increase in cash-funded.

Of the class years, juniors showed the largest absolute increase over last year, at 6.6 percent (263 students), followed by a sophomore increase of 3.1 percent and a senior increase of 1.1 percent. Freshmen decreased by 144 students, or 2.1 percent.

The top 10 majors for the current 21,715 students are: (1) Management; (2) Biology ;(3) Criminal Justice and Criminology; (4) Psychology; (5) Art; (6) Accounting; (7)Marketing; (8) English; (9) Human Performance and Sport; and (10) History.


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